glory hole


noun
  1. Nautical.

    • the quarters on a ship that are occupied by the stewards or stokers.

    • any locker or enclosed space for loose gear.

  2. Glassmaking. an auxiliary furnace for reheating glass that has cooled during offhand blowing.

  1. Mining. drawhole.

Origin of glory hole

1
First recorded in 1830–40

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How to use glory hole in a sentence

  • The crater was immediately organized as a listening-post and ever afterwards it was known as the "glory hole."

    Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
  • Fritzie had a special spite at the "glory hole," and every little while he would strafe it.

    Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
  • Make sure they are put there when not in use, instead of being tossed into some convenient "glory hole."

    If You're Going to Live in the Country | Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
  • But when he fell out with old John Holman he–well, there was an explosion underground and the glory-hole stope caved in.

    Shadow Mountain | Dane Coolidge
  • Here's the old glory-hole (an open pit, not a shaft), an' nobody's been here!

    The Boy With the U.S. Miners | Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for glory hole

glory hole

noun
  1. informal a room, cupboard, or other storage space that contains an untidy and miscellaneous collection of objects

  2. nautical another term for lazaretto (def. 1)

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