英和和英

名詞

thumbhole (plural thumbholes)

1. A hole designed to receive a thumb.
   • 2007 January 7, David Colman, “It’s Like Nothing, Really”, in New York Times‎:

     The paint set is the top-of-the-line model, the Extra-Fine Oil Artist’s Box with a 39-tube spectrum of colors, 6 different painting mediums, 10 brushes (5 sable and 5 hog bristle), palette knives and a palette (with old-fashioned thumbholes), all in a portable walnut box.

動詞

thumbhole (third-person singular simple present thumbholes, present participle thumbholing, simple past and past participle thumbholed)

1. (transitive) To cut thumbholes (for carrying) in the lids of boxes.

派生語

• thumbholer