pierced, perforated.

= perforated, adj.

Pierced, perforated; cylindrically hollow. Said of a gun, with distinguishing words prefixed, as chamber-bored, taper-bored.

Pierced, bored.

Bored right through, perforated.

Pierced with a hole or holes; constructed or decorated with holes or perforations.

Bored, pierced, perforated: see also quot. 1839.

Pierced through with or as with a punch; punctured, perforated; (of a hole, etc.) made by or as by punching.

Originally: †having a passage, perforated (obsolete). Later: (with modifying word) having thoroughfares of the kind indicated.

Having holes already punched; spec. (of data, etc.): already stored or represented as a pattern of holes in a card, etc.