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Definition of Loophole
1. Noun. An ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation.
2. Noun. A small hole in a fortified wall; for observation or discharging weapons.
Definition of Loophole
1. n. A small opening, as in the walls of fortification, or in the bulkhead of a ship, through which small arms or other weapons may be discharged at an enemy.
Definition of Loophole
1. Noun. A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect. ¹
2. Noun. A slit in a castle wall. Later: any similar window for shooting a weapon or letting in light. ¹
3. Verb. (military) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loophole
1. to make small openings in [v -HOLED, -HOLING, -HOLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loophole
Literary usage of Loophole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"To do this, pass the two rings tied together through the spiral, also through
the loophole; carry them along on the wire until you reach the unconnected end ..."
2. Stevens Indicator by Stevens Institute of Technology (1884)
"loophole. Diana, I saw the plumber pup on yonder corner and methought he looked as
... Aye, loophole, and I would have kicked him with my number nines had I ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... hoping for some loophole of success; but beyond the capture of two soldiers
when they first came, who gave their captors some knowledge of the state of ..."
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