cathole

See also: cat-hole and cat hole

English

Etymology

cat + hole

Noun

cathole (plural catholes)

  1. a small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces
  2. (nautical) either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers

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