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cat-hole

cat-hole is the alternative form of cathole.

Meaning of cathole

Noun

cathole (plural catholes)

  1. A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc. in order to bury feces.
    • It is still generally best to deposit feces in catholes, but the slow decomposition rate emphasizes the need to disperse catholes widely and far from water, campsites and other frequently used places.1989, David N. Cole, Low-impact Recreational Practices for Wilderness and Backcountry, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, page 121
  2. Either of two circular holes cut in the stern of a sailing man of war on the level of the capstan, used for the passage of stern hawsers.

Forms of cat-hole

pluralcat-holes

Questions about cat-hole

What is cat-hole the alternative form of?
Cat-hole is the alternative form of cathole.

Words near cat-hole in the dictionary

  1. cat-harpins
  2. cat-head
  3. cat-headed
  4. cat-heading
  5. cat-heads
  6. cat-hole
  7. cat-holes
  8. cat-house
  9. cat-houses
  10. cat-lap
  11. cat-lick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cat-hole (page history and authors); cathole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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