Holt (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of
Hold, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Holt, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG.
holt, D. hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf
Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. ? branch, shoot.]
1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody
hill. "Every holt and heath." Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt
Before her, and the park.
Tennyson.
2. A deep hole in a river where there is
protection for fish; also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. "
The fox has gone to holt." C. Kingsley.