eye-hole

Noun

eyehole (plural eyeholes)

1. The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
   • Holonym: eyepiece
2. The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.
   • Eyeholes in a paper bag
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3. The hole in the face where the eye resides.
   • Meronyms: eye socket (bony orbit), orbital cavity, cranial orbit, orbit

   Synonyms:

   eye socket, eye-socket, eyesocket, eye-pit