holt
/hoʊlt/
noun
- A small wooded area or grove; a copse.
- We walked through a quiet holt of oak and birch trees.
- The rabbits hid in a dense holt near the edge of the field.
- The old map marked a holt where the forest once stood.
- The den or lair of an otter.
- The otter returned to its holt along the riverbank.
- We spotted the entrance to a holt hidden among the roots.
- The naturalist explained how otters keep their holt clean.