cat hole

British  

noun

1. one of a pair of holes in the after part of a ship through which hawsers are passed for steadying the ship or heaving astern

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Example Sentences

Find a spot off trail and away from a water source, dig a cat hole 6-8 inches deep and 4-6 inches wide, bury your poo and pack out your toilet paper.

From Seattle Times

Carry a trowel for digging a cat hole or makeshift latrine.

From Washington Post

Cat′head, one of two strong beams of timber projecting from the bow of a ship, on each side of the bowsprit, through which the ropes pass by which the anchor is raised; Cat′-hole, one of two holes in the after part of a ship, through which hawsers may pass for steadying the ship or for heaving astern; Cat′hood, state of being a cat or having the nature of a cat; Cat′kin, a crowded spike or tuft of small unisexual flowers with reduced scale-like bracts, as in the willow, hazel, &c.;

From Project Gutenberg

Bronze weapons mingled with gold ornaments have, however, been discovered in the Heatheryburn cave near Stanhope, Durham, as well as in those of Kirkhead in Cartmell, in Thor’s cave in Staffordshire, and the Cat Hole in Gower in Glamorganshire.

From Project Gutenberg

Can you tell me how to reach a place called 'Wild Cat Hole'?

From Project Gutenberg