Holding note (Mus.), a note sustained in one part, while the other
parts move.
Hole (hl), a. Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hole, n. [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow;
akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan. huul hollow, hul hole, Sw. hÂl,
Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See Hele,
Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship.] 1. A hollow place or cavity; an
excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric,
etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
The holes where eyes should be.
Shak.
The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes.
Tennyson.
The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid.