holt
noun
[ həʊlt ]
• the den of an otter.
• a grip or hold.
• "if you're lucky enough to get a holt to an alligator tail"
Origin:
late Middle English (in holt1 (sense 2)): variant of hold1.
holt
noun
• a wood or wooded hill.
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch hout and German Holz, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek klados ‘twig’.
