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Definition of Cathole
1. n. One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
Definition of Cathole
1. Noun. a small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cathole
1. a part of a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cathole
Literary usage of Cathole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles in America, Past and Present by Alfred J. Pairpoint (1891)
"cathole Pass, at Meriden, Conn. The narrator of these pages having often walked
and driven through this defile of Nature's handiwork, ..."
2. Proceedings and Transactions of the Scientific Association, Meriden, Conn by Meriden scientific association, Meriden, Conn (1885)
"Northwest of Park. East Mountain, etc. 2. CORYDALIS. glauca. On rocks Southeast
of Black Pond. Also, on West Peak.. ADLUMIA. cirrhosa. cathole ..."
3. Lancashire Parish Register Society: Publications by Lancashire Parish Register Society (1904)
"... of John Fitton of Midleton 12 John Bradley of cathole „ Margrett d. of Moses
Partington „ Susan Burie of Gooden 19 Martha d. of Henrie Wrigley 28 Joseph ..."
4. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1896)
"From the top of West cathole Peak a splendid view of the deep pass can be obtained,
especially fine if a light ..."
5. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1882)
"They have been observed in great numbers in the cathole, at Ann Arbor, Michigan,
swimming vigorously on March 10th, and their eggs were found a few days ..."
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