soak-holen.
1. Australian. An enclosed place in a stream, used for sheep-washing.
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1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland I. 82 Parallel poles..forming square soak-holes.
1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland I. 82 A stage was built, from which the sheep could be allowed to slide easily into the water of the first soak-hole.
2. A hole into or from which water, etc., soaks or drains away.
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1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 124 The holes where it [sc. liquid manure] collects in the yard are called soak-hoils.
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