Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LOOP'HOLE
LOOP'HOLE, n.
- A small aperture in the bulk-head and other parts of a merchant ship, through which small arms are fired at an enemy. – Mar. Dict.
- A hole or aperture that gives a passage.
- A passage for escape; means of escape. – Dryden.
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