aglu Canad.
(ˈægluː)
Also agloo.
[Eskimo.]
A breathing-hole in the ice, made by a seal. Cf. blow-hole 4.
| 1835 R. Huish Last Voy. Sir J. Ross Arctic Regions 701/1 Ag-loo, seal-hole. 1836 Ibid. (rev. ed.) 303While hunting he had found a polar bear with his head jammed into an aglu. 1882 W. H. Gilder Schwatka's Search 142 No work of any kind..can be done upon new skins until the ice has formed sufficiently thickly upon the salt water to permit the hunter to seek the seal at his agloo or blow-hole. 1959 W. A. Leising Arctic Wings 301 He does this by going from one hole, or aglu, to another, to keep the holes open as the ice freezes. |