Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Holt \Holt\,
   3d pers. sing. pres. of {Hold}, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.

Holt \Holt\, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG. holt, D. hout, G. holz.
   Icel. holt; cf Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. ? branch, shoot.]
   1. A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill. ``Every
      holt and heath.'' --Chaucer.

            She sent her voice though all the holt Before her,
            and the park.                         --Tennyson.

   2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish;
      also, a cover, a hole, or hiding place. `` The fox has
      gone to holt.'' --C. Kingsley.