smoot-holen.

Forms: Also smout-hole.

Etymology: < smoot n.¹ Compare Danish smuthul.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmoot-hole.

dialect.

(See quots. and smoot n.¹)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening or break in continuity > in a wall, hedge, fence, dike, etc. > allowing passage of an animal

smoot1615

creep1819

smoot-holea1828

a1828 T. Bewick Mem. (1862) 39 The entrance to these last was always by a ‘smout hole’, or small opening, through which we crept on hands and knees.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Smoot-hole, a hole in a fence, through which a hare is accustomed to pass.

1893 J. Watson Confess. Poacher 133 A smoot-hole in the fence through which the rabbits run.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	smoot-hole
释义	smoot-holen. Forms: Also smout-hole. Etymology: < smoot n.¹ Compare Danish smuthul.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsmoot-hole. dialect. (See quots. and smoot n.¹) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > opening or break in continuity > in a wall, hedge, fence, dike, etc. > allowing passage of an animal smoot1615 creep1819 smoot-holea1828 a1828 T. Bewick Mem. (1862) 39 The entrance to these last was always by a ‘smout hole’, or small opening, through which we crept on hands and knees. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Smoot-hole, a hole in a fence, through which a hare is accustomed to pass. 1893 J. Watson Confess. Poacher 133 A smoot-hole in the fence through which the rabbits run. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.a1828
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