Obs. In 5 bult(e, 6 bout, 5–7 boult. [f. BOLT v.1] A flour-sieve, a boulter. Hence (or from the verb-stem) † bolt-cloth, a cloth for bolting or sifting; a fabric suitable for this; bolt-feeder, an apparatus for regulating the passage of meal to the flour-bolt; † bolt-poke, a bolter or bag for sifting.
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 663. Hoc pollitridium, bult-clathe.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 55. Bulte pooke or bulstare … politrudum.
1592. Wills & Inv. N. C. (1860), II. 212. xj yards of boutcloth 6s.
1611. Book of Rates (Jam.). Boult-claith, the eln xs.
1847. Craig, Bolt, a sieve.
