Father gathers the woman bolted (6)
I believe the answer is:
dashed
'bolted' is the definition.
'father gathers the woman' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'dad' (dad is a kind of father).
'gathers' indicates putting letters inside.
'the woman' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before).
'dad' enclosing 'she' is 'DASHED'.
(Other definitions for dashed that I've seen before include "Darted headlong" , "Ran hastily" , "Jolly" , "completely spoiled" , "Sprinted, rushed" .)