† spike-holen.

Etymology: perhaps < spike n.², but the simple word in this sense (spike n.³) occurs earlier than the compound.

Obsolete.

A loophole or small opening in a wall.

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

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1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Balestriera, a spike hole or loope hole, to shoote out at.

1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 90 Of all those Kingdomes..he hath not so much as one poore spike-hole in a wall.

1642 in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. V. 47 [They] played theire spicke holes and the tope of the Castle with small shott.

1690 London Gaz. No. 2560/2 These..beat the Enemy out of a Ravelin..and fired upon them through their own Spikeholes.

a1739 C. Jarvis in tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. Translator's Pref. p. xix The dungeon is one of those strong stone towers..with small spike-holes high in the walls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	spike-hole
释义	† spike-holen. Etymology: perhaps < spike n.², but the simple word in this sense (spike n.³) occurs earlier than the compound. Obsolete. A loophole or small opening in a wall. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > defensive walls > [noun] > battlements > embrasure kernel?c1225 cornelc1300 carnelc1320 cornerc1400 vent1429 loop1477 crenel1481 gun-hole1532 spike1577 cannonery1598 spike-hole1598 casemate1611 porthole1637 skitegate1677 embrasure1702 crenelet1860 port1946 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Balestriera, a spike hole or loope hole, to shoote out at. 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. 90 Of all those Kingdomes..he hath not so much as one poore spike-hole in a wall. 1642 in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. V. 47 [They] played theire spicke holes and the tope of the Castle with small shott. 1690 London Gaz. No. 2560/2 These..beat the Enemy out of a Ravelin..and fired upon them through their own Spikeholes. a1739 C. Jarvis in tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. Translator's Pref. p. xix The dungeon is one of those strong stone towers..with small spike-holes high in the walls. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmas spike-hole spike-hole n. ΚΠ 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 45 They were forced to..spile the Spike-holes. extracted from spiken.² < n.1598 as lemmas
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† spike-holen.

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