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Posthole

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.

    "Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture."

  2. 2
    a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To sink one's legs deep into snow while walking.

    "There, Kate dismounted, postholed through the snow to the door of the Park Service's headquarters, marched down the hall to Dan O'Brian's office, walked in without knocking, sat down without invitation, and said, "Now then. Would you mind repeating to me exactly what you told Ethan Int-Hout this morning?""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From post + hole.

Etymology 2

From post + hole.

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