| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bolthole |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bolt·hole |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b lt hl |
| NOUN: | 1. A hole through which to bolt: found a bolthole in the fencing. 2. A place affording escape: “The book offered exotic escape, but one could imagine more alluring boltholes than an ascetic all-male community” (Anthony Burgess).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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