mousehole

mousehole

See also: Mousehole

English

A mousehole on a drilling rig.

Etymology

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) (shu3 xue4) French: trou de souris m German: Mauseloch n, Mäuseloch n Icelandic: músarhola (is) f

Irish: ábhach luiche m Japanese: 鼠穴 (ねずみあな, nezumiana), ネズミ穴 (nezumiana) Korean: 쥐구멍 (ko) (jwigumeong) Russian: мыши́ная но́рка f (myšínaja nórka), мыши́ная нора́ f (myšínaja norá) Spanish: ratonera f

storage area on a drilling rig