ˈsmoot-hole dial.
Also smout-.
[f. smoot n.1 Cf. Da. smuthul.]
(See quots. and smoot n.1)
| a 1828 T. Bewick Mem. (1862) 39 The entrance to these last was always by a ‘smout hole’, or small opening, through which we crept on hands and knees. 1828 Carr Craven Gloss., Smoot-hole, a hole in a fence, through which a hare is accustomed to pass. 1893 J. Watson Conf. Poacher 133 A smoot-hole in the fence through which the rabbits run. |