Bolter: Definition with Bolter Pictures and Photos

1. n. One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.

2. n. One who sifts flour or meal.

3. n. A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

1. Noun. A person or thing that bolts. ¹

2. Noun. (botany horticulture) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual. ¹

3. Noun. (context: flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour. ¹

4. Noun. (context: petroleum refining) A filter mechanism. ¹

5. Noun. (Australia sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory. ¹

6. Noun. (Australia horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds. ¹

7. Noun. (New Zealand sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success. ¹

8. Noun. (US politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee. ¹

9. Noun. (military aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

1. a sifting machine [n -S]

1. A kind of fishing line. See Boulter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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