boulter
(ˈbəʊltə(r))
Also bolter.
[Deriv. unknown: see also bulter, bultey.]
A long fishing-line armed with a large number of hooks.
| 1602 Carew Cornwall 34 a, These Hakes..are taken..with the boulter [ed. 1811 bolter] which is a Spiller of a bigger size. 1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 243 Spillers and boulters are long stout lines, to which are attached several hundred baited hooks, with an anchor and waste⁓line furnished with corks at the end. 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 126 Bolter, Card containing thirteen sizes of hooks. |