Hoult

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A wood; copse. obsolete

    "The nearest way seem'd best, o'er hoult and heath / We went, through deserts waste, and forests wide."

Example

More examples

"The nearest way seem'd best, o'er hoult and heath / We went, through deserts waste, and forests wide."

Etymology

Variant of holt.

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