English Explanatory Dictionary

cathole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc. in order to bury feces.
  2. 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.

Word forms

cathole catholes cat hole cat-hole

Etymology

From cat + hole.

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