pierceable, a.
(ˈpɪəsəb(ə)l)
[f. pierce v. + -able.]
That may be pierced; penetrable.
| 1552 Huloet, Perceable or penetrable, or whyche may be perced, penetra[bi]lis. 1590 Spenser F.Q. i. i. 7 Loftie trees..Not perceable with power of any starr. 1615 Daniel Hymen's Tri. iv. iii. 58 The woman..hauing veynes of nature, could not bee But peircible. 1859 Lewes in Cornh. Mag. I. 72 Between the segments of the insect's armour, a soft and pierceable spot is found. |