arrow-hole

noun — 2 senses

arrow-hole

noun

Etymology From arrow + hole.

1

Synonym of arrowslit.

  • There were arrow-holes in the battlements, from which archers were shooting.
2

A hole of puncture in a body, the result of being shot with an arrow.

  • There was an arrow-hole in his abdomen, from which blood was seeping.

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