arrowslit en · NOUN
Etymology
From arrow + slit.
Meanings
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A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.
When they met in the church tower the gaps in their fragmentary conversation were filled up. […] They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming.
1949, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Nineteen Eighty-Four:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arrowslits | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
balistraria · loophole · arrow-hole
Translations (25)
oc arquèra (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · es aspillera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · sl strelnica (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · it balestriera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · fi ampuma-aukko (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · de Schießscharte (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · ru бойни́ца (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · he חֲרַךְ יְרִי (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · es saetera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · es ballestera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · ja 狭間 (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · gl seteira (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · bg амбразура (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · sq frëngji (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · es buhedera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · it feritoia (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · bg бойница (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · pt seteira (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · bg мазгал (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · pl otwór strzelniczy (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · it arciera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · ru амбразу́ра (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · fr meurtrière (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · es tronera (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot) · wa airtchire (a narrow hole through which arrows are shot)