holt Meaning, Definition & Usage

Holt
Definitions
  1. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. Obs. Chaucer.
Holt noun
Etymology
AS. holt; akin to LG.holt, D.hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir.coill wood, Gr. branch, shoot.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913