α. see eyelet n. and hole n.
β. 1600s–1700s eylid hole.
单词 | eyelet hole |
释义 | eyelet holen.α. see eyelet n. and hole n. β. 1600s–1700s eylid hole. 1. a. = eyelet n. 1a. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1599 |
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