bolt hole


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bolt hole

or

bolthole

n
a place of escape from danger
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Translations

bolt hole

nSchlupfloch nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bolt hole

n (Brit) → rifugio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
It really is the perfect bolt hole in Staffordshire."
Reference Eurocomp [13] Bolt hole clearance Tight fit (0.054 [d.sub.b]) Reference Italian CNR [14] Mottram [15] Bolt hole clearance [less than or equal to] 1 mm 1/16 in (1.6 mm)
Assange is free to walk out of his bolt hole any time he likes but we value the verdict of Britain's Supreme Court over a deluded panel so he should go to Sweden and answer questions.
all an wus aps Mrs J Singer, Leeds DOES it really surprise us that politicians all have a bolt hole and that, no matter what catastrophe hits us, they are insulated against it by wealth, position and their sheer arrogance?
Also in this group are bolt hole tapes (also known as drop-warp tape), available also in plain, premium and commercial grades; vermiculite-coated plain fiberglass tape and vermiculite-coated bolt-hole tape.
If it's a country bolt hole you are looking for, there are only a few homes left at Gamekeeper's View, near Milnathort.
Whitacre writes that he was somewhat flabbergasted by the bolt hole response from a senior manufacturing executive.
Shaw Hall Caravan Park is open 52 weeks of the year and offers facilities for touring caravanners, local people who use the site as a 'bolt hole' for weekends and short breaks, and permanent residents.
Nine-year-old pupil Katie Moffat marked the occasion by placing a specially created bolt into the final bolt hole of the structure and fastening it with a golden nut and spanner.