thumbhole

English

Etymology

From thumb +‎ hole.

Noun

thumbhole (plural thumbholes)

  1. A hole designed to receive a thumb.
    • 2007 January 7, David Colman, “It’s Like Nothing, Really”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The paint set is the top-of-the-line model, the Extra-Fine Oil Artist’s Box with a 39-tube spectrum of colors, 6 different painting mediums, 10 brushes (5 sable and 5 hog bristle), palette knives and a palette (with old-fashioned thumbholes), all in a portable walnut box.

Verb

thumbhole (third-person singular simple present thumbholes, present participle thumbholing, simple past and past participle thumbholed)

  1. (transitive) To cut thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.

Derived terms

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.