mousehole

See also: Mousehole

English

A mousehole on a drilling rig.

Etymology

From Middle English mosse hole, mowse hole; equivalent to mouse +‎ hole.

Noun

mousehole (plural mouseholes)

A hole through which a mouse enters a room.
Any small hole or opening.
(oil industry, drilling) The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.

Translations

hole through which a mouse enters a room

Chinese:
Cantonese: 鼠穴 (syu² jyut⁶)

Mandarin: 鼠穴 (zh) (shǔxué)
French: trou de souris (fr) m
German: Mauseloch (de) n, Mäuseloch n
Icelandic: músarhola (is) f
Irish: ábhach luiche m
Japanese: 鼠穴 (ねずみあな, nezumiana), ネズミ穴 (nezumiana)
Korean: 쥐구멍 (ko) (jwigumeong)
Macedonian: глу́вчарник m (glúvčarnik)
Russian: мыши́ная но́рка f (myšínaja nórka), мыши́ная нора́ f (myšínaja norá)
Spanish: ratonera (es) f

storage area on a drilling rig

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