cat hole
noun
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.
The Story of a Doctor's Telephone--Told by His Wife | Ellen M. FirebaughSame time you can keep on fetching brush to fumigate your cat hole.
Into the Primitive | Robert Ames Bennet
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