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soak-hole
[f. soak v.]
a. Austral. An enclosed place in a stream, used for sheep-washing.
b. A hole into or from which water, etc., soaks or drains away.
1881A. C. Grant Bush Life in Queensland I. 82 Parallel poles..forming square soak-holes. Ibid., A stage was built, from which the sheep could be allowed to slide easily into the water of the first soak-hole. 1883Almondbury Gloss. 124 The holes where it [sc. liquid manure] collects in the yard are called soak-hoils. |