nosehole

English

Etymology

From nose +‎ hole.

Noun

nosehole (plural noseholes)

  1. A nostril.
  2. (glassmaking) A small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.