A hole in the ground, a hollow, pit, gulf. Cf. dell, n.1 1. Obsolete.

gen. A natural or man-made hole in the ground, usually a large or deep one.

An excavation narrow in proportion to its length, a long and narrow hollow dug out of the ground; a ditch, n.1, trench, or fosse. Obsolete.

A hollow or concave formation or place, which has been dug out, or has the form of having so been: †(a) a hole, cave, den, burrow (obsolete); †(b)…

A hollow place or cavity in a solid body; a pit, cave, den, hiding place in the earth; a deep place in a stream, pond, etc.

A pit, hole, well, or pool.

A hole or pit dug in the ground; a trench or ditch, such as for irrigation or drainage; (in the Fens of eastern England) spec. a drainage channel…

A hollow place; a cave, den; a hole, n.

Any hollow dug in the ground; a hole, pit, cave, den. Obsolete.

A pit; a den (of lions); occasionally a grave. Obsolete.

A little hole; a small cave.

A pit, a hole. Obsolete. rare.

A deep hole, a pit. Obsolete.

A natural cavern, cave, or overarched space; †a deep hole or pit.

A hole forming a pit; a pit-like hollow or cavity. Also figurative.

A cavity in or under the ground; excavation, pit, den; = delf, n. 1. (The plural delves is found with either singular.)

= loch, n.2 Also attributive in lough-water n. (see quot.).

A cavity or hole in the earth. Obsolete.

A hole or chasm in the ground.

A natural cavity in a rock or mineral vein; = loch, n.2 lough, n.3

concrete. A place scooped or hollowed out; also, a natural concavity or hollow resembling this; rarely, an artificial basin for water. Also scoop-out.

A rounded cavity, small hollow, or depression in the surface of the ground or of a rock. spec. in Golf: see quot. 1887. Cf. cup-and-ring n. at…