touch hole

See also: touchhole and touch-hole

English

Alternative forms

• touch-hole, touchhole

Noun

touch hole (plural touch holes)

1. A small hole through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited.

   Synonym: vent

Translations

small hole for ignition

• Finnish: sankkireikä
• German: Zündloch
• Hebrew: חוֹר הַצָּתָה (he) m (khor hatsata)
• Italian: focone m
• Swedish: fänghål n