▪ I. bult S. Afr.
(bʊlt, ‖ bœlt)
[Afrikaans, a. Du. bult hump, hunch.]
A hillock, ridge.
| 1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld vii. 96 They [sc. the lions] retreated slowly up the bult. 1864 T. Baines Explor. S.W. Afr. xii. 371 We crossed the seringa bult at a narrower place. 1901 Turnbull Tales from Natal 149 Hidden from view by a slight bult he was then ascending. 1926 Blackw. Mag. May 638/1 Dairy cows grazing on a rise or ‘bult’ (as these are called locally). 1946 M. Wilman Check List Fl. Plants Griqualand W. 320 A sturdy, decumbent plant on lime bults. |
▪ II. † bult
variant of bolt n.3, Obs., a flour-sieve. Hence (or from stem of bult, bolt v.1), † bultpele, ? a shovel for putting meal into the bolter.
| c 1475 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 808 Hoc pollentridium, a bultpele. Polenduare, a bult. |
▪ III. bult, -e, bulter
obs. ff. of bolt v. and bolter1.
▪ IV. bult, -e
obs. pa. tense of build v.