eyehole

Plural: eyeholes

Noun

• A small opening to look through.
• a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep
• a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar
• The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.
• The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.
• The hole in the face where the eye resides.

Examples

• Through an eyehole of stacked letters, he saw a path to a triple-word score.

Synonyms

eyelet, peephole, spyhole, eye socket, eye-pit, eye-socket, eyesocket

Related Words

eyebolt, eyelet, knothole, peephole