Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bolt or bar used to fasten a door at night.
- noun A spring-bolt in a lock which can be opened by a knob from inside the door, but only by a key from the outside.
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Examples
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"No; for the night-bolt is controlled by an electric button, which you have to push before it can be moved from the inside, so no one not familiar with the house could have opened it."
Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam 1909
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Well, when Pedro opposed their passage and Frank ran out, the two fled, finding the night-bolt off at the street door.
Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam 1909
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