"touch hole" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: touch holes [plural], touch-hole [alternative], touchhole [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} touch hole (plural touch holes)
  1. A small hole through which the propellant charge of a cannon or muzzleloading gun is ignited. Wikipedia link: touch hole Synonyms: vent Translations (small hole for ignition): sankkireikä (Finnish), Zündloch (German), חוֹר הַצָּתָה (khor hatsata) [masculine] (Hebrew), focone [masculine] (Italian), tảy (Muong), fänghål [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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