Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

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1. (mining) originally, a hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
2. (slang, sexual) a hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
3. (slang) a military trench.
4. (glassblowing) A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod
5. (slang, Scottish, and northern England) a deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder
6. (slang, naval) in merchant and Royal Navy:
7. In the Navy this refers to a place for general untidinesses.
8. On passenger liners the Stewards' mess is referred to as the the 'glory hole'
9. On coal-burning tramp steamers, the stokehold was referred to as the 'glory hole'
10. An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.