† butt-holen.¹

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, hole n.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + hole n. It is possible that the first element is either butt n.¹³ (with reference to the heap of excavated soil outside the burrow), or butt n.⁸ (with this perhaps compare the etymological sense of cul-de-sac n.), or perhaps butt n.⁶ (compare butt end n.¹ 2 and also later butthole n.²). The simplex word butt also occurs denoting a badger's sett or a chamber within it:1898 Nature Notes June 107/2 It is by no means an unusual occurrence to find them [sc. rabbits, foxes, and badgers] dwelling peaceably together in the same holes or burrows, each retaining its own division or chamber, that of the badger being known as an ‘oven’ or ‘butt’.1909 Chatterbox 86/2 But the badger is a first-rate digger, and frequently makes its own hole or butt.

Obsolete.

A passage in the burrow of a fox or badger that is closed at one end.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > other types of hole

posthole1703

dump1788

bladder-hole1789

moss-hag1790

money pit1820

butt-hole1897

sand-hole1897

scratch hole1923

1897 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June Presently the line of the ‘butt’ hole is reached, and then the exciting work begins of digging up along its lie to where dog and badger are engaged in a perpetual give-and-take of snap and worry.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 3/2 The old dog's got him [sc. a badger] in a butt hole.

1906 Country Life 17 Feb. 228/2 If the fox goes to earth he is to be dug out, terriers being used to keep him in a ‘butt’ hole.

1912 Living Age 16 Nov. 445/1 Our idea of a badger hunt was to send a dog up to the badger underground, to keep the brock occupied in a ‘butt-hole’—that is to say, a cul de sac in the ramifications of the great bury.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	butt-hole
释义	† butt-holen.¹ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, hole n. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin + hole n. It is possible that the first element is either butt n.¹³ (with reference to the heap of excavated soil outside the burrow), or butt n.⁸ (with this perhaps compare the etymological sense of cul-de-sac n.), or perhaps butt n.⁶ (compare butt end n.¹ 2 and also later butthole n.²). The simplex word butt also occurs denoting a badger's sett or a chamber within it:1898 Nature Notes June 107/2 It is by no means an unusual occurrence to find them [sc. rabbits, foxes, and badgers] dwelling peaceably together in the same holes or burrows, each retaining its own division or chamber, that of the badger being known as an ‘oven’ or ‘butt’.1909 Chatterbox 86/2 But the badger is a first-rate digger, and frequently makes its own hole or butt. Obsolete. A passage in the burrow of a fox or badger that is closed at one end. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > other types of hole posthole1703 dump1788 bladder-hole1789 moss-hag1790 money pit1820 butt-hole1897 sand-hole1897 scratch hole1923 1897 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 June Presently the line of the ‘butt’ hole is reached, and then the exciting work begins of digging up along its lie to where dog and badger are engaged in a perpetual give-and-take of snap and worry. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 3 Mar. 3/2 The old dog's got him [sc. a badger] in a butt hole. 1906 Country Life 17 Feb. 228/2 If the fox goes to earth he is to be dug out, terriers being used to keep him in a ‘butt’ hole. 1912 Living Age 16 Nov. 445/1 Our idea of a badger hunt was to send a dog up to the badger underground, to keep the brock occupied in a ‘butt-hole’—that is to say, a cul de sac in the ramifications of the great bury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹1897
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† butt-holen.1

† butt-holen.¹