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arrowslit

arrowslit noun: a slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.

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

Synonyms of arrowslit

Forms of arrowslit

pluralarrowslits

Origin of arrowslit

From arrow + slit.

Questions about arrowslit

What does arrowslit mean?
Arrowslit means a slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.
What part of speech is arrowslit?
Arrowslit is a noun.
What is the plural of arrowslit?
The plural of arrowslit is arrowslits.

Words near arrowslit in the dictionary

  1. arrows in the quiver
  2. arrows of love
  3. arrows of time
  4. Arrowsic
  5. Arrowsic Island
  6. arrowslit
  7. arrowslits
  8. arrowsmith
  9. arrowsmiths
  10. arrowstone
  11. arrowstones

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