dream-holen.

Brit.

/ˈdriːmˌhəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈdrimˌhoʊl/

Forms: 1500s dreame-hole, 1700s– dream-hole.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.¹, hole n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < dream n.¹ (although this is not attested in active use after the mid 15th cent.) + hole n., on account of the sound of the bells passing through such holes in a church steeple (compare later sound-hole n. 2, although it is difficult to confirm this as the main original use of these openings). Compare earlier dream-thirl n. at dream n.¹ Compounds.

Chiefly English regional (Gloucestershire and Yorkshire).

A slit or opening in an external wall of a building. Cf. loophole n.¹ 1a, 2. Apparently intended for the admission of light and air, or for defensive purposes, though N.E.D. (1897) notes: ‘Supposed (by modern archæologists) to have been originally applied to the holes in church-towers and belfries by which the sound passed out’ (cf. dream n.¹ 2).

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window

loop1393

shot-windowc1405

gable window1428

batement light1445

church window1458

shot1513

casement1538

dream-hole1559

luket1564

draw window1567

loop-window1574

loophole1591

tower-windowc1593

thorough lights1600

squinch1602

turret window1603

slit1607

close-shuts1615

gutter window1620

street lighta1625

balcony-window1635

clere-story window1679

slip1730

air-loop1758

Venetian1766

Venetian window1775

sidelight1779

lancet window1781

French casement1804

double window1819

couplet1844

spire-light1846

lancet1848

tower-light1848

triplet1849

bar-window1857

pair-light1868

nook window1878

coupled windows1881

three-light1908–9

north-light1919

storm window1933

borrowed light1934

Thermopane1941

storms1952

1559 Churchwardens' Accts. Minchinhampton in Archaeologia (1853) 35 425 For mendyne of dyuerse of the dreame-holes in the steeple, the churche porche, the north syde of the churche.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Dream-holes, the openings left in the walls of steeples, towers, barns, &c. for the admission of light. Glouc.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 49 Dream-holes, the slits or loopholes in church steeples, staircases, and barns, for the admission of light and air.

1868 J. Brent Village Bells (ed. 2) 2 Once a wren That through some ‘dream hole’ must have entered in, Built for three summers in the organ-loft.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 175 He saw the dreadful-looking thing go through the narrow straitened slit or dream-hole in the tower.

1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Dream-holes, slits and loop holes in towers and other buildings, for light, air or defence.

1939 A. Bell Men & Fields 73 The church is so small, the windows of the nave are no more than dream-holes, the wall so thick the light has the effect of being poured in through a funnel.

1994 A. Marsella Lost & Found 13 It was as if the dim light of the room were issued from a singular dream-hole.

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

单词	dream-hole
释义	dream-holen. Brit. /ˈdriːmˌhəʊl/, U.S. /ˈdrimˌhoʊl/ Forms: 1500s dreame-hole, 1700s– dream-hole. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dream n.¹, hole n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; apparently < dream n.¹ (although this is not attested in active use after the mid 15th cent.) + hole n., on account of the sound of the bells passing through such holes in a church steeple (compare later sound-hole n. 2, although it is difficult to confirm this as the main original use of these openings). Compare earlier dream-thirl n. at dream n.¹ Compounds. Chiefly English regional (Gloucestershire and Yorkshire). A slit or opening in an external wall of a building. Cf. loophole n.¹ 1a, 2. Apparently intended for the admission of light and air, or for defensive purposes, though N.E.D. (1897) notes: ‘Supposed (by modern archæologists) to have been originally applied to the holes in church-towers and belfries by which the sound passed out’ (cf. dream n.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window loop1393 shot-windowc1405 gable window1428 batement light1445 church window1458 shot1513 casement1538 dream-hole1559 luket1564 draw window1567 loop-window1574 loophole1591 tower-windowc1593 thorough lights1600 squinch1602 turret window1603 slit1607 close-shuts1615 gutter window1620 street lighta1625 balcony-window1635 clere-story window1679 slip1730 air-loop1758 Venetian1766 Venetian window1775 sidelight1779 lancet window1781 French casement1804 double window1819 couplet1844 spire-light1846 lancet1848 tower-light1848 triplet1849 bar-window1857 pair-light1868 nook window1878 coupled windows1881 three-light1908–9 north-light1919 storm window1933 borrowed light1934 Thermopane1941 storms1952 1559 Churchwardens' Accts. Minchinhampton in Archaeologia (1853) 35 425 For mendyne of dyuerse of the dreame-holes in the steeple, the churche porche, the north syde of the churche. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Dream-holes, the openings left in the walls of steeples, towers, barns, &c. for the admission of light. Glouc. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 49 Dream-holes, the slits or loopholes in church steeples, staircases, and barns, for the admission of light and air. 1868 J. Brent Village Bells (ed. 2) 2 Once a wren That through some ‘dream hole’ must have entered in, Built for three summers in the organ-loft. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 175 He saw the dreadful-looking thing go through the narrow straitened slit or dream-hole in the tower. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. Dream-holes, slits and loop holes in towers and other buildings, for light, air or defence. 1939 A. Bell Men & Fields 73 The church is so small, the windows of the nave are no more than dream-holes, the wall so thick the light has the effect of being poured in through a funnel. 1994 A. Marsella Lost & Found 13 It was as if the dim light of the room were issued from a singular dream-hole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559
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