Arrowslit
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.
"When they met in the church tower the gaps in their fragmentary conversation were filled up. […] They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming."
Example
More examples"When they met in the church tower the gaps in their fragmentary conversation were filled up. […] They sat talking for hours on the dusty, twig-littered floor, one or other of them getting up from time to time to cast a glance through the arrowslits and make sure that no one was coming."
Etymology
From arrow + slit.
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