eyehole

[ ahy-hohl ]

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noun

a hole to look through, as in a mask or a curtain.
a circular opening for the insertion of a pin, hook, rope, etc.; eye.

eye socket.

Origin of eyehole

First recorded in 1630–40; eye + hole

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How to use eyehole in a sentence

Through his eyeholes, I could see LaBeouf's eyes moving around—staring at me.
I Watched Shia LaBeouf Cry at His Weird LA Art Project #IAMSORRY | Andrew Romano | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
His face and head was covered with a full mask of thin white rubber, pierced by two slots for eyeholes.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 | Various
Now he leans forward, pressing his face to the completed eyeholes, you see the whites of his eyes, not three inches away.
Through the Wall | Cleveland Moffett
They had even stuffed a candle into the interior of the skull, and rays of light shot out through the two eyeholes.
Bouvard and Pcuchet | Gustave Flaubert
His hat was shoved back from his forehead, but his face was concealed by a square of dark cloth, cut with eyeholes.
Desert Conquest | A. M. Chisholm

He gazed through the eyeholes, which were rather too far apart, in rapt admiration.
Long Live the King | Mary Roberts Rinehart

British Dictionary definitions for eyehole

eyehole

/ (ˈaɪˌhəʊl) /

noun

a hole through which something, such as a rope, hook, or bar, is passed
the cavity that contains the eyeball; eye socket

another word for peephole

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