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单词 eyelet hole
释义

eyelet holen.

Brit. /ˈʌɪlᵻt ˌhəʊl/, U.S. /ˈaɪlət ˌhoʊl/
Forms:

α. see eyelet n. and hole n.

β. 1600s–1700s eylid hole.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: eyelet n., hole n.
Etymology: < eyelet n. + hole n., perhaps as a remodelling of earlier oillet-hole n. at oillet n. Compounds. Compare earlier eyelet-holed adj.The β. forms apparently show further remodelling of the first element by association with eyelid n.
1.
a. = eyelet n. 1a.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > a hole bored, pierced, or perforated > worked in cloth, etc.
oilleta1382
oillet-hole1497
py1553
eyelet1590
eyelet hole1599
pie-hole1737
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke i. 184/2 The thonge must lye the bredth of the hande on the rupture, which must on both his sydes have to eyletholes [Ger. Nestellöcher].
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 31 The eylot holes of the saile.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxiv. 144 Splinters made..with fitting fillets and bands, on which there are small eylid holes.
1743 P. H. Zollman tr. in Philos. Trans. 1742–3 (Royal Soc.) 42 365 A sort of Boat of Turkey Leather..with..Eilet-holes for receiving Hooks.
1769 W. Falconer Shipwreck (ed. 3) ii. 66 The reef-lines, next..Thro' eye-let-holes..were reeved.
1850 T. Carlyle Downing St. in Latter-day Pamphlets 45 This poor tailor's-bodkin, hardly adequate to bore an eylet-hole.
1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 206 Wool and flax, with silk for the lappets and the eyelet holes, were the common materials.
1930 A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons xxvi. 279 John reeved the lacing through the eyelet holes along the edge of the sail.
2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons ii. ii. 61 His moccasins were laced with horsehair, eyelet holes in-wrought with quills of feathers.
b. In extended use, esp. with reference to marks on the skin or wounds. Obsolete (archaic in later use).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > wound > puncture wound
prickOE
puncture?a1425
eyelet hole1599
puncture wound1836
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. L4v Twill be a good while, ere you wish your skin full of Ilet holes.
1652 J. Tatham Scots Figgaries 37 Methinks a skin set out with Eylet holes Appeares not handsome.
1715 J. Addison Drummer iii. 29 I had a mind to have made an Experiment upon the Doctor's Body. I wou'd but have drill'd a little Eyelet-hole in it, and have seen whether he had Art enough to close it up again.
1776 For Benefit of Widow: Theatr. Museum 8 If the small-pox had not mark'd his face with eyelet holes.
1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. iii. 95 I expected to be full of eyelet-holes ere I could close with him.
2. A hole or opening for looking through; a small window or window-like opening. Formerly also: an opening in a wall through which missiles may be discharged. Cf. earlier oillet n. 1. Now rare.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > hole or window
oillet1333
tooting-holea1382
tote-hole1561
peepholea1570
eyehole1655
eyelet1762
eyelet hole1774
eye-loop1803
Judas hole1858
peek-hole1867
oillet pane1873
squint1891
observation window1897
viewport1942
port1949
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through
oillet1333
loop1393
sight-hole1559
tote-hole1561
peepholea1570
loophole1591
eyehole1655
grille1686
slit17..
eyelet1762
eyelet hole1774
spying-hole1791
eye-loop1803
squint1839
hagioscope1840
Judas hole1858
peek-hole1867
oillet pane1873
spy-hole1888
squint1891
viewport1942
society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole
loop1393
lancet-loupe1562
loophole1591
barbican1600
eyelet hole1774
arrow slit1789
meurtrière1802
murderess1802
shot-hole1819
arrowlet1837
arrow loop1840
eyelet1851
musket-slit1856
cross-oylet1859
shoot-hole1892
1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica II. ii. vii. 99 Several of the apartments are cellular; others, spacious and airy, having here and there an eyelet-hole to the world above.
1788 W. Thomson Mem. Late War Asia II. 504 Eyelet-holes, through which the enemy shot at every one of our people.
1791 J. Bentham Panopticon 187 Blinds..pierced every inch or two with eyelet holes.
1848 W. H. Ainsworth Lancashire Witches i. x Nor was she long in discovering a small eyelet-hole in the carving which commanded the room.
1869 Latest News 3 Oct. 15 Scarcely any of the helmets have eyeletholes, but the viser was in general left partly open.
1925 Anthropos 20 1028 A peculiar kind of veil..having two eyelet-holes to see out of.
1954 V. Cronin Golden Honeycomb xi. 119 He pierced the walls with eyelet holes for sharpshooters.
1964 S. O'Faoláin Vive Moi! iii. 46 A few of us got permission..to leave class..to steal a quick peep through the eyelet hole to see what was going on.
3. = eye socket n. at eye n.1 Compounds 4. Cf. eyehole n. 1. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > parts of skull > [noun] > socket of eye
eyethirleOE
ringboneOE
eye-pita1275
pita1275
orbit?a1425
eye-dolpa1522
orbitant?1541
eyehole1572
eyebone1598
socket1601
eye socket1661
eyelet hole1827
1827 T. Hood Jack Hall in Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 103 Death..gave a wink As well as eyelet holes can blink.

Derivatives

ˈeyelet ˌholing n. rare the making of eyelet holes.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument
stickingeOE
stabbingc1425
steeking1488
jobbinga1578
spitting1623
probing1665
impunction1712
spiking1775
skewering1794
jagging1815
pierce1820
eyelet holing1845
1845 C. Dickens Chimes ii. 63 I introduced pinking and eyelet-holeing among the men.
1970 National Classif. of Occupations (Govt. of India) (ed. 2) CS–52/2 Eyelet holing machine operator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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