Meaning

11 senses
  1. (slang)A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.

    Glory Hole, Ruhmesloch, Klappenloch

    упои́тельная дыра́upoítelʹnaja dyrá, гло́ри-хо́улglóri-xóul

  2. A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.

  3. A hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.

  4. An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.

  5. (slang)A military trench.

    око́пokóp

  6. In the merchant and Royal Navy:

    A generally untidy place.

  7. The stewards' mess on a passenger liner.

  8. The stokehold on a coal-burning tramp steamer.

  9. A bell-mouth spillway; a spillway (a structure in the reservoir above a dam that allows overflowing water to be released in a controlled fashion) that is shaped like an upside-down bell, thereby giving the appearance of a hole in the surface of the water.

  10. (Canada)An especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.

  11. (Northern England, Scotland)A deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder.

More definitions
  • a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Sami saw glory holes everywhere in that whore house.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
sex:
military trench:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sex:

Forms

plural: glory holes
Singularglory hole
Pluralglory holes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small locker at the stern of a boat or between decks of a ship:lazaretto

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgloryholer

See also

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