Obs. rare. [App. formed after LOPESKONCE; the second part may be Du. holte hollow, hole.] A place of refuge.
1616. J. Lane, Contn. Sqr.’s T., iv. 424. Yet so, as theire seavn mountes bee mand all waies, to serve for lopeholtes on contrarie sayes. Ibid., ix. 224. Algarsif, Horbell, Leifurcke, Gnartolite, retierd eake to theire lopeholt [1630 lopesconce], fortifite.
