cat hole


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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How to use cat hole in a sentence

  • We stopped the cart, struggled out of what Francisco called the cat-hole, and watched the process.

    Glories of Spain | Charles W. Wood
  • “If he was little enough he might go through the cat-hole,” suggested the young man, at which they all laughed.

  • Same time you can keep on fetching brush to fumigate your cat hole.

    Into the Primitive | Robert Ames Bennet