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Definition of Drill hole
1. Noun. A hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes.
Category relationships: Excavation, Mining
Generic synonyms: Excavation
Specialized synonyms: Shot Hole
Derivative terms: Bore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drill Hole
Literary usage of Drill hole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Oil Geology: The Application of Geology to Oil Field Problems by Dorsey Hager (1916)
"... CHAPTER VI LOCATING DRILL-HOLE SITES LOCATING SITES FOR TEST HOLES The location
of drill-hole sites depends upon many factors which for convenience may ..."
2. Engineering Geology Applied to the Design and Operation of Underground Coal by C. Richard Dunrud (2000)
"Diagrammatic profile showing a rotary drill bit, circulation of mud, and intrusion
of mud into the sides of a drill hole. Drilling mud intrudes further into ..."
3. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"S.1 With a given drill and given pressure conditions the rate of drilling is
determined by the diameter of drill hole, number of blows per minute, ..."
4. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"drill hole sampled in s-ft sections. All sludge was caught in barrels and settled,
... Shafts, 4 by 6 ft, aver depth 50 ft, were sunk to check drill hole ..."
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