creep-hole
(ˈkriːphəʊl)
[f. creep v. or n. + hole.]
A hole by which one creeps in or out; ‘a hole into which any animal may creep to escape danger’ (J.). Also fig. (cf. loop-hole).
| 1646 Game of Scotch & Eng. 20 How willing our brethren are to get a creep-hole, and how they shufle and cut to strugle themselves out of the Bryers. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 560 A poor shifting excuse, a miserable come-off, a very creep-hole. 1876 T. Hardy Hand Ethelb. I. 53 A screen of ivy..across the front of the recess..a small creep-hole being left for entrance and exit. |