knothole

English

noun

Definitions

In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences.
(Cincinnati) Youth league baseball.

Etymology

Compound from English knot + English hole (miserable place, a hollow).

Origin

English

hole

Gloss

miserable place, a hollow

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

airhole English
antihole English
armhole English
arrow-hole English
arsehole English
asshole English
beanhole English
beer knot English
blasthole English
blockhole English
blowhole English
bolt-hole English
bolthole English
bootyhole English
borehole English
bowknot English
breastknot English
bullethole English
bumhole English
bunghole English
butthole English
cakehole English
cathole English
chuckhole English
coal hole English
cockhole English
corehole English
cornhole English
crabhole English
craphole English
creephole English
cubbyhole English
cumhole English
cyberhole English
denehole English
dickhole English
dihole English
doghole English
downhole English
dreamhole English
driphole English
dusthole English
earhole English
earthhole English
endknot English
eyehole English
farthole English
feedhole English
fingerhole English
firehole English
foothole English
foxhole English
fuckhole English
funkhole English
gully-hole English
hand-hole English
handhole English
hawsehole English
hole English
hole saw English
hole up English
holeable English
holeful English
holeless English
holelike English
holeproof English
holepunch English
holer English
holeshot English
holey English
holon English
inknot English
interknot English
jaw-hole English
keyhole English
kneehole English
knot English
knotberry English
knotful English
knotgrass English
knothead English
knothole section English
knotholed English
knotless English
knotlike English
knotoid English
knotroot English
knottable English
knotter English
knottin English
knottle English
knotty English
knotweed English
knotwork English
knotwort English
knuckerhole English
lamphole English
leghole English
lughole English
maintenance hole English
manhole English
microhole English
minihole English
mousehole English
mudhole English
multihole English
nanohole English
nosehole English
oarhole English
outhole English
peehole English
peephole English
pesthole English
photohole English
piehole English
pigeonhole English
pinhole English
pisshole English
plughole English
poophole English
pophole English
porthole English
posthole English
pothole English
pritchel hole English
pseudoknot English
pukehole English
pussyhole English
quasihole English
rathole English
reknot English
ringhole English
rockhole English
roothole English
rudderhole English
scumhole English
section English
shakehole English
shithole English
shothole English
sighthole English
sinkhole English
sleazehole English
slimehole English
smokehole English
snowhole English
spouthole English
spyhole English
stakehole English
stinkhole English
stokehole English
stumphole English
suckhole English
tailhole English
taphole English
thumbhole English
topknot English
traphole English
trefoil knot English
underhole English
unknot English
uphole English
venthole English
water knot English
waterhole English
weephole English
wellhole English
woodhole English
wormhole English
Onanie German
ノット Japanese
hole Middle English
knotte Middle English
cnota Irish
হোল Bengali
hul Tok Pisin
olo Sranan Tongo