† starting-holen.

Forms: see starting n. and hole n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: starting n., hole n.

Etymology: < starting n. + hole n.

Obsolete.

1. A place of refuge for a hunted animal, fleeing criminal, fugitive, etc. Cf. start v. 5b and bolt-hole n. 1.

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the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter

houseOE

denOE

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lying-placea1382

coucha1398

homea1398

logis1477

starting-hole1530

cabbage1567

lodge1567

lair1575

lay1590

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hover1602

denning1622

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bed1694

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lying-ground1895

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 276/1 Stertyng hole, ung tapynet, lieu de refuge.

1535 R. Layton Let. in A. Rowan Vita Beati Franconis (1868) 54 I sent Bartlett your servant..to circumcept the Abbey, and surely to keep alle back doores and startyng hoiles.

1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iii. xxiii. f. 99^v To erect a monastery in the high and desert mountaines. Where before that time were rather starting holes for theues and dennes for wilde bestes, then mete mansion places for men.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G Aduaunce your standard Edward in the field, And marche to fire them from their starting holes.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 102 Th'insnared Fish..with his franticke fits so scares the shole, That each one takes his hyde, or starting hole.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. iii. 130 The Deceates..thus for a long time shifted for themselues, by aduantage of their woods, wayes, and starting holes.

a1658 A. Farindon Forty Serm. (1663) II. v. 99 Some kind of small creatures there are, which whilst they be amongst their burroughs and starting-holes are hardly taken; but bring them into the open field, and they are quickly seized on.

1899 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1899–1901 i. 108 A scoot-hole is an escape-hole or starting-hole for a rat or rabbit when the principal hole is watched.

2. figurative. A means of evasion, or of extricating oneself from an awkward or difficult situation; a loophole.Very frequent in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > means of evasion

starting-hole1531

loophole1664

loop1863

get-out1865

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ix. sig. Rij Perauenture some, which seke for sterting holes to mainteine their vices, will obiecte.

?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. e5^v If they wolde here fayne a glosse (as their maner is when they are in a strayte ever to seke a starttinge hole).

1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2 There is no Act, Statute, nor Lawe so strickt conueyed, but there be straight found starting holes to auoide it.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 266 What starting hole canst thou now find out, to hide thee from this..shame?

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 147 He thought that Harold thereby sought starting holes for to hide his perjurie.

1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 170 Because they are not willing, how many shifts and starting-holes will they have.

1696 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 260 I see the Starting-hole that they have left, (as in all their Writings) whereby to escape from what I have before Quoted.

1718 J. B. Weston Abstr. Doctr. Jesus-Christ ii. 89 She [sc. the faithless Soul] searches evasions and starting-holes, expatiates in the pleasures and delights of the World, to dissolve her many Griefs.

1751 J. Tasker Sufficient Reasons Relig., Conscientious & Peaceable Separation Church of Eng. 13 The reasons he has cook'd up for us..perhaps may serve him for starting-holes, when he is press'd.

1801 W. Huntington God Guardian of Poor Ded. 6 And dry forms of devotion..are no better than..a starting hole to shun the cross.

1894 M. A. M. Marks Thorough II. 359 Through it all there was Glamorgan with his defeasance (or starting-hole), promising the Protestants the King should never keep his word to the Irish.

1918 Canad. Entomologist 40 109 I hardly waited to see what ‘starting-hole’ of excuse he would wriggle down.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	starting-hole
释义	† starting-holen. Forms: see starting n. and hole n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: starting n., hole n. Etymology: < starting n. + hole n. Obsolete. 1. A place of refuge for a hunted animal, fleeing criminal, fugitive, etc. Cf. start v. 5b and bolt-hole n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter houseOE denOE holdc1275 lying-placea1382 coucha1398 homea1398 logis1477 starting-hole1530 cabbage1567 lodge1567 lair1575 lay1590 squat1590 hover1602 denning1622 start-holea1641 bed1694 niche1725 shed1821 lying1834 basking-hole1856 lie1869 homesite1882 holt1890 lying-ground1895 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 276/1 Stertyng hole, ung tapynet, lieu de refuge. 1535 R. Layton Let. in A. Rowan Vita Beati Franconis (1868) 54 I sent Bartlett your servant..to circumcept the Abbey, and surely to keep alle back doores and startyng hoiles. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. iii. xxiii. f. 99^v To erect a monastery in the high and desert mountaines. Where before that time were rather starting holes for theues and dennes for wilde bestes, then mete mansion places for men. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. G Aduaunce your standard Edward in the field, And marche to fire them from their starting holes. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 102 Th'insnared Fish..with his franticke fits so scares the shole, That each one takes his hyde, or starting hole. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. iii. 130 The Deceates..thus for a long time shifted for themselues, by aduantage of their woods, wayes, and starting holes. a1658 A. Farindon Forty Serm. (1663) II. v. 99 Some kind of small creatures there are, which whilst they be amongst their burroughs and starting-holes are hardly taken; but bring them into the open field, and they are quickly seized on. 1899 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1899–1901 i. 108 A scoot-hole is an escape-hole or starting-hole for a rat or rabbit when the principal hole is watched. 2. figurative. A means of evasion, or of extricating oneself from an awkward or difficult situation; a loophole.Very frequent in the 16th and 17th centuries; sometimes as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > means of evasion starting-hole1531 loophole1664 loop1863 get-out1865 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ix. sig. Rij Perauenture some, which seke for sterting holes to mainteine their vices, will obiecte. ?1531 J. Frith Disput. Purgatorye i. sig. e5^v If they wolde here fayne a glosse (as their maner is when they are in a strayte ever to seke a starttinge hole). 1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. A2 There is no Act, Statute, nor Lawe so strickt conueyed, but there be straight found starting holes to auoide it. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 266 What starting hole canst thou now find out, to hide thee from this..shame? View more context for this quotation 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 147 He thought that Harold thereby sought starting holes for to hide his perjurie. 1688 J. Bunyan Heavenly Foot-man (1886) 170 Because they are not willing, how many shifts and starting-holes will they have. 1696 C. Leslie Snake in Grass (1697) 260 I see the Starting-hole that they have left, (as in all their Writings) whereby to escape from what I have before Quoted. 1718 J. B. Weston Abstr. Doctr. Jesus-Christ ii. 89 She [sc. the faithless Soul] searches evasions and starting-holes, expatiates in the pleasures and delights of the World, to dissolve her many Griefs. 1751 J. Tasker Sufficient Reasons Relig., Conscientious & Peaceable Separation Church of Eng. 13 The reasons he has cook'd up for us..perhaps may serve him for starting-holes, when he is press'd. 1801 W. Huntington God Guardian of Poor Ded. 6 And dry forms of devotion..are no better than..a starting hole to shun the cross. 1894 M. A. M. Marks Thorough II. 359 Through it all there was Glamorgan with his defeasance (or starting-hole), promising the Protestants the King should never keep his word to the Irish. 1918 Canad. Entomologist 40 109 I hardly waited to see what ‘starting-hole’ of excuse he would wriggle down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1530
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