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Meaning of birdbolt | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
Anything that smites without penetrating.
figuratively

Equivalents

Deutsch Vogelbolzen

Examples

“To be generous, / guiltless and of free disposition, is to take those / things for bird-bolts that you deem cannon-bullets:”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

birdbox Birdbrain Birdbrook birdcage birdcage mask Birdcall