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Definition of Boltholes
1. bolthole [n] - See also: bolthole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boltholes
Literary usage of Boltholes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Engineer (1898)
"neck, X. From this series of brackets it will be seen ti» certain fixed boltholes
on the side of the tuo bracket-face could be arranged, so as to come to ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of war risk insurance. Division of military and naval insurance, United States (1917)
"Two boards may be set to show the angle between the flanges and the positions of
boltholes. Vary the angle, of the flanges and set them so that the centers ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"To prevent their mischief, these keyholes or boltholes' are stopped up with a
skein of flax. Before the exit is free the ..."
4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1897)
"It seems to me that this throws light on the corrosion around boltholes and the
like; the water gets in, and then it destroys the metal around the edge of ..."
5. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"To prevent their mischief, these keyholes or boltholes 3 are stopped up with a
skein of flax. Before the exit is free the ..."
6. The American Cotton Spinner and Managers' and Carders' Guide: A Practical by Robert H. Baird (1851)
"... and put together by four bolts—this makes them clumsy, and they are apt to
break at the boltholes. Couplings put together by six or eight bolts, ..."
7. Shield and Compressed Air Tunneling by Bertram Henry Majendie Hewett, Sigvald Johannesson (1922)
"11. Leakage.—The structure should be examined for leaks. Any leaking joints should
be re-caulked and leaking boltholes should have the bolts tightened or ..."
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