Meaning

2 senses
  1. A small pit, dug in the earth by hikers etc. in order to bury feces.

  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.

Origin

From cat + hole.

From cat + hole.

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