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drop bolt

noun

Definitions

  1. A bolt that holds a trapdoor shut.

    • Speaking now as a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn, my story, wild and hideously improbable as it may appear, demands at least attention.

  2. A bolt that drops into place when let go.

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