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What is the noun for boltings?

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bolt
  1. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
  2. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  3. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
  4. (military) A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  5. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
  6. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  7. A sudden event, action or emotion.
  8. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
  9. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
  10. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
  11. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  12. (politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
  13. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  14. A burst of speed or efficiency.
  15. Synonyms:
      16. bar, catch, lock, latch, hasp, padlock, pipe, rod, sliding bar, fastener, fastening, deadlock, clasp, hook, clamp, sneck, snib, clip, security device, dead bolt, safety catch, combination lock, mortise lock, buckle, snap, hook and eye, link, clinch, grip, grapple, connection, bond, junction, fixture, arrow, dart, missile, projectile, barb, quarrel, reed, skewer, spike, stake, shaft, shot, pellet, bullet, shell, rocket … more
  16. Examples:
      17. “To reduce the risk of wandering, put a slide bolt high on every door that leads to the outside or to a stairwell.”
      “The man fired a bolt into the other vampire's back, piercing the heart, and the creature burst into a pile of ash that showered down onto Ariana.”
      “Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning.”
bolter
  1. A person or thing that bolts, or runs suddenly.
  2. (botany) A plant that grows larger and more rapidly than usual.
  3. (flour milling) A machine or mechanism that automatically sifts milled flour.
  4. A person who sifts flour or meal.
  5. (petroleum refining) A filter mechanism.
  6. (Australia, sports) An obscure athlete who wins an upset victory.
  7. (Australia, horseracing) A horse that wins at long odds.
  8. (New Zealand, sports) In team sports, a relatively little-known or inexperienced player who inspires the team to greater success.
  9. (politics) A member of a political party who does not support the party's nominee.
  10. (military aviation) A missed landing on an aircraft carrier; an aircraft that has made a missed landing.
  11. A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
  12. Synonyms:
      13. absconder, fugitive, escapee, runaway, truant, deserter, absentee, quitter, escaper, outlaw, hunted person, refugee, runagate, dodger, renegade, stray, outcast, exile, abscotchalater, walkout, recluse, emigre, evacuee, lamster, fly-by-night, displaced person, defector, maroon, asylum seeker, escaped prisoner, jail-breaker, derelict, missing person, AWOL, no-show, wanted person, hookey player, abscondee, apostate, flight risk, mutineer, heretic, dissident, escape risk, potential absconder, iconoclast, insurgent, schismatic, turnabout, abandoner … more
  13. Examples:
      14. “If your horse is a bolter, use a long lead shank, and if necessary, a stud chain over the nose or under the chin.”
      “The coffee, after the betterments process, is sold for the type of bolter and drink.”
      “When painting Epic scale miniatures, no need to line every shoulder pad with yellow nor to paint every bolter chamber in red like I did.”
bolthole
  1. A hole in an animal's den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit; i.e. a hole the animal may bolt through.
  2. (figuratively) A second home, etc. where a person can go to escape the stresses of everyday life.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. sanctuary, hideaway, den, refuge, place of safety, private space, retreat, haven, shelter, asylum, hideout, sanctum, harbor, cover, harbour, covert, harborage, shield, foxhole, resort, fastness, immunity, port, hole, querencia, zoar, stronghold, preserve, ark, escape, home, anchorage, succor, succour, safe place, safe haven, port in a storm, safe house, ivory tower, bolt-hole, bolt hole, hide-out, hiding place, place of shelter, nest, hermitage, lair, hidey-hole, security, protection … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The town could be a fine bolthole during the Edinburgh Festival when the capital is heaving with visitors.”
      “One day, I will have a flat there as a bolthole for an occasional escape from everything.”
      “He and his friends had been down in their strip-lit bolthole for weeks, toiling selflessly day and night.”
bolting
  1. A sifting, as of flour or meal.
  2. (law) A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. desertion, flight, absconding, decamping, departure, fleeing, escape, withdrawal, disappearance, retreat, truancy, evasion, flying, abandonment, betrayal, defection, forsaking, departing, marooning, cowardice, elusion, resignation, retirement, tergiversation, running away, turning tail, falling away, going absent without leave, going AWOL, going back on, running out on, taking French leave, exit, exiting, farewell, parting, leave, going, exodus, quitting, outgo, decampment, evacuation, getaway, egress, egression, leave-taking, walking out, lighting out, leaving … more
bolthead
  1. (chemistry) A round-bottomed flask with a long neck (used especially for distillation)
  2. The head of a bolt.
  3. Examples:
      4. “Let a condensed beam be sent through a large flask or bolthead containing common air.”
      “If I'd 'a' called it a bolthead it would 'a' done just as well.”
bolt
  1. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bar, catch, lock, latch, hasp, padlock, pipe, rod, sliding bar, fastener, fastening, deadlock, clasp, hook, clamp, sneck, snib, clip, security device, dead bolt, safety catch, combination lock, mortise lock, buckle, snap, hook and eye, link, clinch, grip, grapple, connection, bond, junction, fixture, arrow, dart, missile, projectile, barb, quarrel, reed, skewer, spike, stake, shaft, shot, pellet, bullet, shell, rocket … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “To reduce the risk of wandering, put a slide bolt high on every door that leads to the outside or to a stairwell.”
      “The man fired a bolt into the other vampire's back, piercing the heart, and the creature burst into a pile of ash that showered down onto Ariana.”
      “Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning.”
boltheads
  1. plural of bolthead
boltholes
  1. plural of bolthole
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sanctuaries, hideaways, dens, refuge, harbours, immunity, retreats, hide-outs, coverts, safe havens, homes, shelters, holes, hiding places, covers, strongholds, escapes, asylums, harbors, zoars, sanctums, bolt-holes, harborages, resorts, havens, preserve, shields, fastness, arks, port, ivory towers, querencias, hideouts, succor, foxholes, safe houses, anchorages, succour, lairs, hidey-holes, hermitages, nests, concealment, nooks, sancta sanctorum, oases, stashes, haunts, habitat, snuggeries … more
boltings
  1. plural of bolting
  2. Synonyms:
      3. desertion, flight, abscondings, departure, fleeings, escapes, withdrawal, disappearance, retreats, truancy, evasion, flying, abandonment, betrayal, defection, forsakings, departings, maroonings, cowardice, elusion, resignation, retirement, tergiversation, getaways, breaks, slips, breakouts, exits, decampments, lams, routs, bunks, flits, abscondment, deliverance, springing, runarounds, spring, extrication, freedom, leaves, hegiras … more
bolters
  1. plural of bolter
  2. Synonyms:
      3. absconders, fugitives, escapees, runaways, truants, deserters, absentees, quitters, outlaws, escapers, refugees, walkouts, exile, outcasts, lamsters, displaced persons, dodgers, evacuees, emigres, fly-by-nights, recluses, runagates, abscotchalaters, renegades, strays, defectors, maroons, asylum seekers, flight risk, derelicts, missing persons, no-shows, AWOLs, abscondees, forsakers, heretics, mutineers, dissidents, turnabouts, abandoners, insurgents, apostates, iconoclasts, schismatics … more
bolts
  1. plural of bolt
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bullets, shells, slugs, pellets, lead, projectiles, shots, ammo, ammunition, buckshots, caps, balls, cartridges, gunshots, rounds, cannonballs, missiles, rockets, small missiles, darts, buckshot, doses, canisters, mortar, arrows, bombs, warheads, barbs, harpoons, spears, assegais, javelins, charge, explosives, munitions, torpedoes, grapeshot, lead shot, grenades, casings, armaments, materiels, gunpowder, powder, fuses, discharge, loads, chain shots, round shot, solid shots … more
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