Definitions For Mousehole

Noun

MOUSEHOLE (plural MOUSEHOLEs) A hole through which a mouse enters a room. Any small hole or opening. (oil industry, drilling) The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 鼠穴 (syu2 jyut6) : Mandarin: 鼠穴, tr=shǔxué French: trou de souris, m German: Mauseloch, n, Mäuseloch, n Icelandic: músarhola, f Irish: ábhach luiche, m Japanese: 鼠穴, tr=ねずみあな, nezumiana, sc=Jpan, ネズミ穴 (nezumiana) Korean: 쥐구멍 Macedonian: глу́вчарник, m Russian: мыши́ная но́рка, f, мыши́ная нора́, f Spanish: ratonera, f

Etymology

from {{inh + en + enm + mosse hole}}, {{m + enm + mowse hole}}; equivalent to mouse + hole.