Dogbolt

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fool; a contemptible person. derogatory, obsolete

    "And experience sheweth, that he which was void of gifts before he was ordered priest, is as very an ass and dogbolt as he was before,[…]."

  2. 2
    The bolt of the capsquare over the trunnion of a cannon.

Example

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"And experience sheweth, that he which was void of gifts before he was ordered priest, is as very an ass and dogbolt as he was before,[…]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Origin obscure. Possibly from Middle English *dolgbote, from Old English dolgbōt (“remedy or compensation for injury”), from dolg (“injury, wound”) + bōt (“remedy, boot”).

Etymology 2

From dog + bolt.

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