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arrow slit

arrow slit is the alternative spelling of arrowslit.

Meaning of arrowslit

Noun

arrowslit (plural arrowslits)

  1. A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.
    • When they met in the church tower the gaps in their fragmentary conversation were filled up. […] They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.1949, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Nineteen Eighty-Four

Forms of arrow slit

pluralarrow slits

Origin of arrow slit

From arrow + slit.

Questions about arrow slit

What is arrow slit the alternative spelling of?
Arrow slit is the alternative spelling of arrowslit.

Words near arrow slit in the dictionary

  1. arrow points
  2. arrow poison
  3. arrow poisons
  4. arrow prayer
  5. arrow prayers
  6. arrow slit
  7. arrow slits
  8. arrow snake
  9. arrow snakes
  10. arrow switch
  11. arrow switches

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