drop-boltn.
1. A bolt constructed so as to drop into a socket.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > bolt or bar
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1786 A. Seward Let. 17 Dec. (1811) I. 225 I lifted the drop-bolt.
2. The bolt of the drop on a gallows.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of
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1890 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw (ed. 3) 9 As a condemned criminal might speak ere the drop-bolts are drawn.
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