cathole

See also: cat-hole and cat hole

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Etymology

cat +‎ hole

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cathole (plural catholes)

  1. A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc in order to bury faeces.
  2. (nautical) Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.

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