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
da:polt te:polt
