dictionary help1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. "Every holt and heath." "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."
Origin: AS. Holt; akin to LG.holt, D.hout, G. Holz. Icel. Holt; cf Gael. & Ir.coill wood, Gr. Branch, shoot.
(01 Mar 1998)
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