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arrow-hole

noun

Etymology

From arrow + hole.

  1. derived from van Hole
  2. derived from hóll
  3. borrowed from Hole
  4. derived from *hulwiją✻
  5. derived from *hulwī✻
  6. derived from holh
  7. compounded as arrow-hole — “arrow + hole”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of arrowslit.

    • There were arrow-holes in the battlements, from which archers were shooting.

  2. A hole of puncture in a body, the result of being shot with an arrow.

    • There was an arrow-hole in his abdomen, from which blood was seeping.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA