单词 | dream-hole |
释义 | dream-holen. 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). < |
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