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Definition of Eyehole
1. Noun. A hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep.
2. Noun. A small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar.
Group relationships: Boot, Curtain, Drape, Drapery, Mantle, Pall, Garment
Generic synonyms: Hole
Derivative terms: Eye
Definition of Eyehole
1. n. A circular opening to recive a hook, cord, ring, or rope; an eyelet.
Definition of Eyehole
1. Noun. The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope. ¹
2. Noun. The hole in a helmet, skull, etc. corresponding to the position of the eye. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eyehole
1. a small opening [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eyehole
Literary usage of Eyehole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Photographer by Roger Child Bayley (1906)
"If the opening in the frame is the size of the plate, and the distance of the
eyehole from the frame is equal to the focus of the lens, the two may be ..."
2. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"eyehole, peephole de, voilier, (cord.) reefing eve. (of a sight); (¡net.)
eyehole of a telescope. ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... look, glance. œillet, m. eyelet, eye,,eyehole, little hole; (Bot. ... m.
eyehole, peephole; (Bot. ..."
4. Elementary Treatise on Physics, Experimental and Applied by Adolphe Ganot (1893)
"metal case, with an eyehole and a slit as represented at the side of the figure (fig.
656). In order to make an observation the compass is held horizontally ..."
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