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单词 dream-hole
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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).
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