glory hole

Noun

 * 1)  A hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
 * 2)  A hole in a screen or wall big enough to allow an erect penis to be stuck through, made to facilitate anonymous sex with another person.
 * 3)  A military trench.
 * 4) An excavation into the sea floor designed to protect the wellhead equipment installed at the surface of a petroleum well from icebergs or pack ice.
 * 5)  A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
 * 6)  A deep built-in cupboard under the eaves or stairs of a house used for general storage, particularly of unrelated or unwanted items stored in some disorder.
 * 7)  In the merchant and Royal Navy:
 * 8) A generally untidy place.
 * 9) The stewards' mess on a passenger liner.
 * 10) The stokehold on a coal-burning tramp steamer.
 * 11) A bell-mouth spillway: a spillway (a structure in the reservoir above a dam that allows overflowing water to be released in a controlled fashion) that is shaped like an upside-down bell, thereby giving the appearance of a hole in the surface of the water.
 * 12)  An especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.
 * 1) The stokehold on a coal-burning tramp steamer.
 * 2) A bell-mouth spillway: a spillway (a structure in the reservoir above a dam that allows overflowing water to be released in a controlled fashion) that is shaped like an upside-down bell, thereby giving the appearance of a hole in the surface of the water.
 * 3)  An especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.

Translations

 * Finnish: alhaalta päin kaivettu kuilu


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 尋歡洞
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Glory Hole, Ruhmesloch, Klappenloch, Schwanzloch
 * Greek: τσιμπουκότρυπα
 * Japanese: グローリーホール, ラッキーホール
 * Korean: 글로리홀
 * Russian: упои́тельная дыра́, гло́ри-хо́ул
 * Spanish: agujero glorioso


 * Finnish:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: trummeli, välilämmitysuuni,


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