[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hole \hole\ h=ol, n. oe. hol, hole, as. hol, hole, cavern,
   from hol, a., hollow; akin to d. hol, ohg. hol, g. hohl, dan.
   huul hollow, hul hole, sw. hal, icel. hola; prob. from the
   root of as. helan to conceal. see hele, hell, and cf.
   hold of a ship.
   1. a hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening
      in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation;
      a rent; a fissure.
      1913 webster

            the holes where eyes should be.       --shak.
      1913 webster

            the blind walls
            were full of chinks and holes.        --tennyson.
      1913 webster

            the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
            lid.                                  --2 kings xii.
                                                  9.
      1913 webster

   2. an excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in,
      or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low,
      narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.
      --dryden.
      1913 webster

            the foxes have holes, . . . but the son of man hath
            not where to lay his head.            --luke ix. 58.

   3. games
      a a small cavity used in some games, usually one into
          which a marble or ball is to be played or driven;
          hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into
          such a hole, as in golf.
      b fives at eton college, england, that part of the
          floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
          webster 1913 suppl.

   syn: hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice;
        orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave;
        den; cell.
        1913 webster

   hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. colloq. "the
      wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery." --dickens.

   hole board fancy weaving, a board having holes through
      which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; --
      called also compass board.
      1913 webster
see also:
hele hell hold hole and corner hole board compass board 

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