English
Etymology 1
Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb)

Noun
polt
#obsolete a hard knock
#*1782: w:Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head.
#obsolete a club or pestle

Etymology 2
See poult
Derived terms
polt-foot

References
R:Century 1914

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