posthole

posthole noun: a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.

Noun

posthole (plural postholes)

A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.
- Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.2007 January 31, John Noble Wilford, “Village May Have Housed Builders of Stonehenge”, in New York Times

posthole (third-person singular simple present postholes, present participle postholing, simple past and past participle postholed)

To sink one's legs deep into snow while walking.
- There, Kate dismounted, postholed through the snow to the door of the Park Service's headquarters, marched down the hall to Dan O'Brian's office, walked in without knocking, sat down without invitation, and said, "Now then. Would you mind repeating to me exactly what you told Ethan Int-Hout this...2002, Dana Stabenow, A Fine and Bitter Snow, →ISBN, page 1
- Diane and I held our breaths. Good, she was still upright. She slowly moved her weight forward, and picked up her back foot. We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.2012, Carol Stone White, Peak Experiences, →ISBN

Noun
plural	postholes
Verb
third-person singular present	postholes
present participle	postholing
past participle	postholed
past	postholed

From post + hole.

What does posthole mean?: Posthole means a cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.
What part of speech is posthole?: Posthole can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of posthole?: The plural of posthole is postholes.

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