pophole

English

Alternative forms

• pop-hole

Etymology

pop +‎ hole

Noun

pophole (plural popholes)

1. A small door in the side of a chicken coop, normally connected to the ground via a ramp.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
     :

     Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes.

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