Definitions from Wiktionary (glory hole)

▸ noun:  (sexuality, slang) 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.
▸ noun:  (glassblowing) A hole in the side of a furnace used to heat glass held on a metal rod.
▸ noun:  (mining) A hole in a mineshaft where an orebody is mined upwards until it breaks through the surface into the open air.
▸ noun:  (mining) 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.
▸ noun:  (military, slang) A military trench.
▸ noun:  (nautical) In the merchant and Royal Navy:
▸ noun:  A generally untidy place.
▸ noun:  The stewards' mess on a passenger liner.
▸ noun:  The stokehold on a coal-burning tramp steamer.
▸ noun:  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.
▸ noun:  (Canada, fishing) An especially good place to fish, a particularly rich fishing spot.
▸ noun:  (Scotland and Northern England) 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.
▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of gloryhole [(mining) To mine using a glory hole.]



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