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PEEP HOLE [2 records]

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Record 1 2002-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
  • General Hardware
DEF

Judas hole: A small hole cut in a door to enable a person to see into a room without being himself seen.

DEF

peephole; peeping hole : A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

CONT

One officer put the barrel of his gun through the peeping hole of the closed main door and fired at the detainees inside indiscriminately.

OBS

judas: Found with or without capitalized "j" in the above terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
  • Quincaillerie générale
DEF

Petite ouverture, guichet pratiqués dans un vantail de porte, une cloison, etc., permettant de regarder, de surveiller sans être vu.

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Speleology
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

A hole or crevice... through which one may peep.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Spéléologie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Puits, ouverture, dans la paroi ou dans la voûte d'une galerie souterraine, par où peut entrer la lumière du soleil et qui éclaire une circulation d'eau.

OBS

C'est également un trou, une fissure dans une caverne, en général de petites dimensions, et par lequel on aperçoit un autre réseau de canalisations, ou une rivière souterraine; la base du regard appartient souvent au réseau noyé. Parfois, cependant, le regard est d'assez grande dimension pour permettre l'accès à la circulation souterraine des eaux.

Spanish

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