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

\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.