An aperture or loophole for observation, esp. in a wall; = eyelet, n. 3. Now (Architecture): a round opening at the end of an arrow-slit (historical).
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| 释义 | the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through (21) oillet1333 An aperture or loophole for observation, esp. in a wall; = eyelet, n. 3. Now (Architecture): a round opening at the end of an arrow-slit (historical). loop1393 An opening in a wall, to look through, or to allow the passage of a missile; a loophole. sight-hole1559 A hole to see through, esp. in a surveying or other instrument. tote-hole1561 a hole for spying: cf. tooting-hole at tooting, n.1 compounds. peepholea1570 A small hole through which a person can look or peep; (now) esp. an eyehole in a door containing a magnifying lens, through which callers may be… loophole1591 A similar opening to look through, or for the admission of light and air. eyehole1655 A hole for looking through, esp. in a mask or other covering for the face. grille1686 A grating; an arrangement of parallel or cross bars, or structure of open metal-work, used to close an opening or separate one part of a room… slit17.. A straight and narrow cut or incision; an aperture resembling a cut of this description. A long narrow aperture in a wall; a window of this form… eyelet1762 A (small) eyehole; (also occasionally) an arrow slit; = eyelet hole, n. 2. Now rare. eyelet hole1774 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… spying-hole1791 attributive, as spying-hole, spying-mission, spying-place, spying-point. eye-loop1803 (a) a loop of metal, thread, etc., to which something may be secured or through which something may be passed; cf. sense 13; †(b) an arrow slit… squint1839 Architecture. = hagioscope, n. hagioscope1840 A small opening or window in a chancel arch or wall, enabling worshippers (esp. those in an aisle or side chapel) to see the elevation of the host… Judas hole1858 Designating a spyhole or similar opening in a cell door, etc. (see sense 3), esp. in Judas hole, Judas trap, Judas window, etc. peek-hole1867 a peephole. oillet pane1873 a window in an oillet. spy-hole1888 the stem of the verb used in combinations, in the sense of ‘that spies’ as spy-all, spy-fault, spy-maiden, or ‘from or through which one may spy… squint1891 transferred. (See quot. 1891.) viewport1942 A (typically small and reinforced) window in a vehicle or other structure designed to operate in space or underwater. In early use chiefly in Scien… |
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