loopholen.¹

Brit.

/ˈluːphəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈlupˌ(h)oʊl/

Etymology: < loop n.² + hole n.

a. Fortification. A narrow vertical opening, usually widening inwards, cut in a wall or other defence, to allow of the passage of missiles.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole

loop1393

lancet-loupe1562

loophole1591

barbican1600

eyelet hole1774

arrow slit1789

meurtrière1802

murderess1802

shot-hole1819

arrowlet1837

arrow loop1840

eyelet1851

musket-slit1856

cross-oylet1859

shoot-hole1892

1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 302 That not one of the towne do so much as appeare at their defences or loop holes.

a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ttt4^v/2 Thou that makest a heart thy Tower, And thy loop-holes, Ladies eyes.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 485 Shoot through the Loopholes, and sharp Jav'lins throw.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. lxviii. 716 Incessant volleys were securely discharged from the loop-holes.

1805 R. Southey Ballads & Metr. Tales in Poet. Wks. VI. 59 Bishop Hatto..barr'd with care All the windows, doors, and loop-holes there.

1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 981 Ah, the slim castle!..gone to ruin—trails Of vine through every loop-hole.

1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 263 Loop-holes are oblong holes, from 15 to 18 inches long, 6 inches wide within, and 2 or 3 without. They are cut through timber, or masonry, for the service of small arms.

†b. Nautical. A porthole. Also (see quot. 1769).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel

porta1393

loophole1627

entry port1752

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 They fit Loopholes in them for the close fights.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 40 Her mast and loope-holes gracefully adorned with banners, and flags of cloth of gold.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 166 The Waves flashed into the Ship at the loop-holes at the stern.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Loop-holes,..small apertures..in the bulk-heads and other parts of a merchant-ship, through which the small arms are fired on an enemy who boards her.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.

a. A similar opening to look through, or for the admission of light and air.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through

oillet1333

loop1393

sight-hole1559

tote-hole1561

peepholea1570

loophole1591

eyehole1655

grille1686

slit17..

eyelet1762

eyelet hole1774

spying-hole1791

eye-loop1803

squint1839

hagioscope1840

Judas hole1858

peek-hole1867

oillet pane1873

spy-hole1888

squint1891

viewport1942

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

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Miradero A watch tower, a loophole.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars xii His manner was to beholde them..through little loope-holes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1110 The Indian Herdsman..tends his pasturing Herds At Loopholes cut through thickest shade.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 100 Having a fair Loop-hole..from a broken Hole in the Tree.

1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle I. 175 This passage..has three or four loup holes on each side, all widening gradually inwards.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxii. 300 Loop-holes and slides at top and bottom for the admission of air.

1848 E. Cook Curls & Couplets xvi. 16 The callow raven tumbles, From the loop-hole of his hiding.

1901 Q. Rev. Apr. 505 Not two dozen were capable of duty beyond watching behind loopholes.

b. figurative. (Cowper's phrase ‘loopholes of retreat’ has been used by many later writers.)

ΚΠ

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 88 'Tis pleasant through the loop~holes of retreat To peep at such a world.

1853 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 59 The loop-holes through which we view the household manners of these times may be few and contracted.

1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. xiii. 234 Dim as the loophole was, Clara fixed her mind on it till it gathered light.

c. (See quot. 1842.)

ΚΠ

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 995 at Loop A loophole is a term applied to the vertical series of doors in a warehouse, from which the goods, in craning, are delivered into a warehouse.

3. figurative. An outlet or means of escape. Often applied to an ambiguity or omission in a statute, etc., which affords opportunity for evading its intention. [Perhaps after Dutch loopgat, in which the first element is the stem of loopen to run.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > means of evasion

starting-hole1531

loophole1664

loop1863

get-out1865

1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 262 It would be much below You and Me,..to leave such loop-holes in Our souls, and to..squeeze Our selves through our own words.

1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Vindication 17 Their loop-hole is ready, that the Cæsar here spoken of, was a private man.

a1704 T. Brown Dial. in Wks. (1709) IV. 329 Some of the Doctor's Councel had found out a Loop-hole for him in the Act.

a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 20 A legal loop-hole..for a rogue now and then to creep through.

1807 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 73 What loop-hole they will find in the case, when it comes to trial, we cannot foresee.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 80 The Test Act..left loopholes through which schismatics sometimes crept into civil employments.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 518 Even the ‘confirmatio cartarum’ had left some loopholes which the king was far too astute to over~look.

1888 A. S. Swan Doris Cheyne iv. 70 Under the guise of motherly solicitude..she had left her without a loophole of escape.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as loophole door, loophole frame; loophole-lighted adj.

ΚΠ

1855 Act 18 & 19 Victoria c. 122 §14 Loophole frames may be fixed within one inch and a half of the face of any external wall.

1866 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 9 447/2 A solidly constructed stone staircase that conducts to several dark and loophole-lighted chambers.

1891 Daily News 16 Nov. 7/1 I broke and cut a board from one of the loophole doors.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

loopholev.

Brit.

/ˈluːphəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈlupˌ(h)oʊl/

Etymology: < loophole n.¹

transitive. To cut loopholes in the walls of; to provide with loopholes.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > furnish with loopholes

loophole1810

loop1846

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 504 The first [village] is loop-holed and there is an abbatis in its front.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 184 He had been advised..to have the houses loop-holed.

1840 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VIII. lxii. 364 The houses within the place expected to be breached were loopholed.

1842 T. P. Thompson Exercises III. 43 (note) He [Napoleon]..lies all night in sight of the other army loop-holing its farm-houses.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 130 A stout log-house..loopholed for musketry on every side.

Derivatives

ˈloopholed adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [adjective] > having loop-holes

loopholed1664

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 47 This uneasie Loop-hold Jail..Cannot but put y'in mind of Wedlock.

1885 Gloucestersh. Chron. 14 Feb. 2 From the loopholed walls the rifle puffs shot out continuously.

1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 244/1 Near the river was the village of Dubba with loopholed houses filled with armed men.

ˈloopholing n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole > furnishing with

loopholing1870

1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Aug. 10 The..loopholing of such farmyards..as occupied places of tactical importance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	loophole
释义	loopholen.¹ Brit. /ˈluːphəʊl/, U.S. /ˈlupˌ(h)oʊl/ Etymology: < loop n.² + hole n. 1. a. Fortification. A narrow vertical opening, usually widening inwards, cut in a wall or other defence, to allow of the passage of missiles. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole loop1393 lancet-loupe1562 loophole1591 barbican1600 eyelet hole1774 arrow slit1789 meurtrière1802 murderess1802 shot-hole1819 arrowlet1837 arrow loop1840 eyelet1851 musket-slit1856 cross-oylet1859 shoot-hole1892 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 302 That not one of the towne do so much as appeare at their defences or loop holes. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ttt4^v/2 Thou that makest a heart thy Tower, And thy loop-holes, Ladies eyes. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 485 Shoot through the Loopholes, and sharp Jav'lins throw. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1869) III. lxviii. 716 Incessant volleys were securely discharged from the loop-holes. 1805 R. Southey Ballads & Metr. Tales in Poet. Wks. VI. 59 Bishop Hatto..barr'd with care All the windows, doors, and loop-holes there. 1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 981 Ah, the slim castle!..gone to ruin—trails Of vine through every loop-hole. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 263 Loop-holes are oblong holes, from 15 to 18 inches long, 6 inches wide within, and 2 or 3 without. They are cut through timber, or masonry, for the service of small arms. †b. Nautical. A porthole. Also (see quot. 1769). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel porta1393 loophole1627 entry port1752 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 7 They fit Loopholes in them for the close fights. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 40 Her mast and loope-holes gracefully adorned with banners, and flags of cloth of gold. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 166 The Waves flashed into the Ship at the loop-holes at the stern. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Loop-holes,..small apertures..in the bulk-heads and other parts of a merchant-ship, through which the small arms are fired on an enemy who boards her. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 2. a. A similar opening to look through, or for the admission of light and air. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [noun] > for looking through oillet1333 loop1393 sight-hole1559 tote-hole1561 peepholea1570 loophole1591 eyehole1655 grille1686 slit17.. eyelet1762 eyelet hole1774 spying-hole1791 eye-loop1803 squint1839 hagioscope1840 Judas hole1858 peek-hole1867 oillet pane1873 spy-hole1888 squint1891 viewport1942 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 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Miradero A watch tower, a loophole. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars xii His manner was to beholde them..through little loope-holes. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1110 The Indian Herdsman..tends his pasturing Herds At Loopholes cut through thickest shade. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 100 Having a fair Loop-hole..from a broken Hole in the Tree. 1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle I. 175 This passage..has three or four loup holes on each side, all widening gradually inwards. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxxii. 300 Loop-holes and slides at top and bottom for the admission of air. 1848 E. Cook Curls & Couplets xvi. 16 The callow raven tumbles, From the loop-hole of his hiding. 1901 Q. Rev. Apr. 505 Not two dozen were capable of duty beyond watching behind loopholes. b. figurative. (Cowper's phrase ‘loopholes of retreat’ has been used by many later writers.) ΚΠ 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 88 'Tis pleasant through the loop~holes of retreat To peep at such a world. 1853 Christian Remembrancer Jan. 59 The loop-holes through which we view the household manners of these times may be few and contracted. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist I. xiii. 234 Dim as the loophole was, Clara fixed her mind on it till it gathered light. c. (See quot. 1842.) ΚΠ 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 995 at Loop A loophole is a term applied to the vertical series of doors in a warehouse, from which the goods, in craning, are delivered into a warehouse. 3. figurative. An outlet or means of escape. Often applied to an ambiguity or omission in a statute, etc., which affords opportunity for evading its intention. [Perhaps after Dutch loopgat, in which the first element is the stem of loopen to run.] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > means of escape > means of evasion starting-hole1531 loophole1664 loop1863 get-out1865 1664 in G. Miege Relation of Three Embassies (1669) 262 It would be much below You and Me,..to leave such loop-holes in Our souls, and to..squeeze Our selves through our own words. 1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Vindication 17 Their loop-hole is ready, that the Cæsar here spoken of, was a private man. a1704 T. Brown Dial. in Wks. (1709) IV. 329 Some of the Doctor's Councel had found out a Loop-hole for him in the Act. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) i. 20 A legal loop-hole..for a rogue now and then to creep through. 1807 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 73 What loop-hole they will find in the case, when it comes to trial, we cannot foresee. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 80 The Test Act..left loopholes through which schismatics sometimes crept into civil employments. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvii. 518 Even the ‘confirmatio cartarum’ had left some loopholes which the king was far too astute to over~look. 1888 A. S. Swan Doris Cheyne iv. 70 Under the guise of motherly solicitude..she had left her without a loophole of escape. Compounds attributive and in other combinations, as loophole door, loophole frame; loophole-lighted adj. ΚΠ 1855 Act 18 & 19 Victoria c. 122 §14 Loophole frames may be fixed within one inch and a half of the face of any external wall. 1866 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 9 447/2 A solidly constructed stone staircase that conducts to several dark and loophole-lighted chambers. 1891 Daily News 16 Nov. 7/1 I broke and cut a board from one of the loophole doors. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). loopholev. Brit. /ˈluːphəʊl/, U.S. /ˈlupˌ(h)oʊl/ Etymology: < loophole n.¹ transitive. To cut loopholes in the walls of; to provide with loopholes. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > wall [verb (transitive)] > furnish with loopholes loophole1810 loop1846 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1836) VI. 504 The first [village] is loop-holed and there is an abbatis in its front. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 184 He had been advised..to have the houses loop-holed. 1840 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. VIII. lxii. 364 The houses within the place expected to be breached were loopholed. 1842 T. P. Thompson Exercises III. 43 (note) He [Napoleon]..lies all night in sight of the other army loop-holing its farm-houses. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iv. xvi. 130 A stout log-house..loopholed for musketry on every side. Derivatives ˈloopholed adj. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [adjective] > having loop-holes loopholed1664 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 47 This uneasie Loop-hold Jail..Cannot but put y'in mind of Wedlock. 1885 Gloucestersh. Chron. 14 Feb. 2 From the loopholed walls the rifle puffs shot out continuously. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 244/1 Near the river was the village of Dubba with loopholed houses filled with armed men. ˈloopholing n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > loophole > furnishing with loopholing1870 1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Aug. 10 The..loopholing of such farmyards..as occupied places of tactical importance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : loop-holen.² < n.¹1591v.1664 see also
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loopholen.1

Compounds

loopholev.

Derivatives

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loopholen.¹