coney holen.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊnɪ ˌhəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊni ˌhoʊl/

Forms: see coney n.¹ and hole n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, hole n.

Etymology: < coney n.¹ + hole n.Apparently attested earlier as a field name: Conyholes, Tandridge, Surrey (1327–77; now Coney Hole Field).

Now regional or historical.

A rabbit hole or burrow. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > burrow or warren

clapperc1400

cunnigar1424

warrena1425

coneygarth1429

coney-close?1472

coney hole?c1475

berry1486

coney holda1500

coney-clapper1530

coney yard1532

coneyry1570

coney burrow1575

coney gratec1580

coney-gat1591

coney green1599

coney warren1616

coney ground1617

rabbit hole1667

stop1669

rabbit burrow1723

stock1736

rabbit warren1766

stab1838

warrener1864

?a1440 Hortus Vocab. in Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Archaeol. Soc. (1923) 45 274 (MED) Cunus i. foramen, a conyes hole.]

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 28 Cunyng holle [1483 BL Add. 89074 Connynge-hale], cuna.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Cony hole or clapar, taisniere.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Clapier..a Cunny hole.

1643 E. Ayscoghe et al. Let. 29 July in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches (1897) (modernized text) IV. 219 By reason of the cony-holes and the difficult ascent up the Hill.

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. vii. 110 Gassendus saw..the Septum of the Heart to have through~fares, by reason of sundry windings and crooked Cony-holes as it were.

1723 Ld. Winchilsea Let. 15 July in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. 18th Cent. (1817) II. 774 My keeper found two or three pieces of urns, by a coney-hole newly turned out by a rabbit.

1784 Chronicon Manniæ 86 They [sc. puffins] breed in the Coney-holes, (the Coneys leaving their Burrows for that time).

1894 Newbery House Mag. July 10 My steed lost foothold and caught his hind hoof in a coney hole.

1920 Nat. Hist. 20 166/1 The animals were barking at a cony hole.

2004 E. Chadwick Shadows & Strongholds xx. 260 Three days ago, while Brunin was exercising the gelding, Jester had put his foot in a coney hole and taken a fall.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coney hole
释义	coney holen. Brit. /ˈkəʊnɪ ˌhəʊl/, U.S. /ˈkoʊni ˌhoʊl/ Forms: see coney n.¹ and hole n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coney n.¹, hole n. Etymology: < coney n.¹ + hole n.Apparently attested earlier as a field name: Conyholes, Tandridge, Surrey (1327–77; now Coney Hole Field). Now regional or historical. A rabbit hole or burrow. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Oryctolagus (rabbit) > burrow or warren clapperc1400 cunnigar1424 warrena1425 coneygarth1429 coney-close?1472 coney hole?c1475 berry1486 coney holda1500 coney-clapper1530 coney yard1532 coneyry1570 coney burrow1575 coney gratec1580 coney-gat1591 coney green1599 coney warren1616 coney ground1617 rabbit hole1667 stop1669 rabbit burrow1723 stock1736 rabbit warren1766 stab1838 warrener1864 ?a1440 Hortus Vocab. in Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Archaeol. Soc. (1923) 45 274 (MED) Cunus i. foramen, a conyes hole.] ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 28 Cunyng holle [1483 BL Add. 89074 Connynge-hale], cuna. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Cony hole or clapar, taisniere. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Clapier..a Cunny hole. 1643 E. Ayscoghe et al. Let. 29 July in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches (1897) (modernized text) IV. 219 By reason of the cony-holes and the difficult ascent up the Hill. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. vii. 110 Gassendus saw..the Septum of the Heart to have through~fares, by reason of sundry windings and crooked Cony-holes as it were. 1723 Ld. Winchilsea Let. 15 July in J. Nichols Illustr. Lit. Hist. 18th Cent. (1817) II. 774 My keeper found two or three pieces of urns, by a coney-hole newly turned out by a rabbit. 1784 Chronicon Manniæ 86 They [sc. puffins] breed in the Coney-holes, (the Coneys leaving their Burrows for that time). 1894 Newbery House Mag. July 10 My steed lost foothold and caught his hind hoof in a coney hole. 1920 Nat. Hist. 20 166/1 The animals were barking at a cony hole. 2004 E. Chadwick Shadows & Strongholds xx. 260 Three days ago, while Brunin was exercising the gelding, Jester had put his foot in a coney hole and taken a fall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1475
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