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Smoot Hole - Out and About
A typical smoot is sheep sized so cattle can not pass and when passage is not wanted the hole is easily blocked by a board or large stone. fhithich.wordpress.com
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smoot - Yorkshire Historical Dictionary
A dialect word for a hole at the base of a wall or hedge. It allowed animals to pass from one enclosure to another, from hares to sheep. yorkshiredictionary.york.ac.uk
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Robert Macfarlane on X: "Words of the day: "smoot-hole", "smout hole"
Words of the day: "smoot-hole", "smout hole" - gap built into the base of a dry-stone wall to allow free passage of hares, rabbits & other ... x.com
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smoot-hole
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, throu... Oxford English Dictionary
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smoot-hole, n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the noun smoot-hole is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for smoot-hole is from before 1828, in the writing ... www.oed.com
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Country diary: mystery built into drystone walls - The Guardian
Wallers might also build in a “smuse” or “smoot” hole for rabbits, to trap them as they passed through or stop them burrowing underneath and ... www.theguardian.com
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smoot
▪ I. smoot, n.1 north. dial. Forms: 7 smought, smoute, 9 smout, 8–9 smoot, etc. [Of Scand. origin: cf. ON. smátta, Norw. dial. smotta, smott, Sw. dial. smott, smutt, Da. smutte narrow passage, hole, etc.] A hole or opening at the foot of a wall, the bottom of a fence or hedge, etc., esp. one allowin... Oxford English Dictionary
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"smoot" a small hole in a dry stone wall that animals can ... - Instagram
... likes, 7 comments - katemustsew on August 10, 2025: ""smoot" a small hole ... smoot #quiltersofinstagram #makersgonnamake ... www.instagram.com
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These small "lunky" holes are still to be seen in some of our old ...
Bob Shaw These are known as smoot holes if you come from North Yorkshire and were originally built into the walls to gin trap rabbits and hares. www.facebook.com
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The Hidden Ecology of Dry-Stone Walls | by Richard Villar - Medium
Wallers might also construct a smuse or smoot hole for rabbits, to trap them as they pass through, or stop them burrowing underneath and ... richardvillar.medium.com
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Andy Goldsworthy - Sheepfolds
... hole', which allows smaller animals to pass through a wall but can also be called a 'lunky', 'luckie', 'lonky', 'hogghole', 'smoot', 'thawl' or 'thirl ... www.sheepfoldscumbria.co.uk
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well
▪ I. well, n.1 (wɛl) Forms: α. 1 wælla (uælla), 1, 3 wælle (1 uælle), 3–5 walle, 3–4 wall, 4–5 wal; Sc. and north. 6– wall (6 vall, 9 wal), 6–7 woll (6 vol). β. 1 wella, 1, 3–5 welle (4–5 wele), 1– well, 3–7 wel. γ. 1 wylla, willa, wielle, 1, 4 wylle, 1, 3–4 wille; 1 wyl, 1–4 wyll, 1, 5 will. [OE. w... Oxford English Dictionary
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