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Definition of Thumbhole
1. Noun. The hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb.
2. Noun. A finger hole made to fit the thumb (as in a bowling ball).
Definition of Thumbhole
1. Noun. A hole designed to receive a thumb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thumbhole
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thumbhole
Literary usage of Thumbhole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Neolithic and Bronze Ages by Sara Anderson Immerwahr (1971)
"Lug Handle with thumbhole. P1. 13. P 26989. \Vell, T 26:4. Max. dim. 0.058 in.
Lug handle, with thumbhole, broken away from wall of large coarse pot ..."
2. The World's Great Sermons by Grenville Kleiser (1908)
"4to, 1108 pp. Price, Cloth, $5; tan •heep, $7.50; half morocco, (9; full morocco, $ia.
With the Denison Patent (thumbhole) Reference Index, 75 cents •stra; ..."
3. A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-plates by Joseph Winfred Spenceley, Pierre de Chaignon la Rose (1905)
"A large, winged painter's palette with brushes thrust through the thumbhole
crosses the wreath at the base. Beneath it a great bee is gathering honey from ..."
4. A Descriptive Checklist of the Etched & Engraved Book-plates by Joseph Winfred Spenceley, Pierre de Chaignon la Rose (1905)
"A large, winged painter's palette with brushes thrust through the thumbhole
crosses the wreath at the base. Beneath it a great bee is gathering honey from ..."
5. The Progressive Course in Reading by George I. Aldrich, Alexander Forbes (1900)
"... the oval board, with a thumbhole at one end for holding it, on which a painter
lays and mixes his paints; (5) gn thu'gl agm, interest, zeal; ..."
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