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taphole

[tap-hohl]
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noun Metallurgy.
  1. a hole in a blast furnace, steelmaking furnace, etc., through which molten metal or slag is tapped off.
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Origin of taphole

First recorded in 1585–95; tap2 + hole
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Historical Examples

  • At last the Squire grew weary of standing there with his finger in the taphole, so he took it out.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851

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British Dictionary definitions for taphole

taphole

noun
  1. a hole in a furnace for running off molten metal or slag
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