mousehole

See also: Mousehole

English

A mousehole on a drilling rig.

Etymology

From Middle English mosse hole, mowse hole; equivalent to mouse +‎ hole.

Noun

mousehole (plural mouseholes)

1. A hole through which a mouse enters a room.
2. Any small hole or opening.
3. (oil industry, drilling) The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.

Translations

hole through which a mouse enters a room

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鼠穴 (syu² jyut⁶)

  Mandarin: 鼠穴 (zh) (shǔxué)

• French: trou de souris (fr) m
• German: Mauseloch (de) n, Mäuseloch n
• Icelandic: músarhola (is) f
• Irish: ábhach luiche m
• Japanese: 鼠穴 (ja) (ねずみあな, nezumiana), ネズミ穴 (nezumiana)
• Korean: 쥐구멍 (ko) (jwigumeong)
• Macedonian: глу́вчарник m (glúvčarnik)
• Russian: мыши́ная но́рка f (myšínaja nórka), мыши́ная нора́ f (myšínaja norá)
• Spanish: ratonera (es) f

storage area on a drilling rig