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Opening in the middle of a lock
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keyhole
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 The hole in a lock where the key is inserted and turns. 2 (context carpentry English) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key that fastens them. 3 (context engineering English) A mortise for a key or cotter. ...
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n. the hole where a key is inserted
Wikipedia
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A keyhole is an aperture for receiving a key. Keyhole may also refer to: Gravitational keyhole , a region of a large body's orbit that could cause a small body to collide with it Keyhole (film) , 2011, by Canadian director Guy Maddin Keyhole (roller coaster ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Keyhole \Key"hole`\, n. A hole or apertupe in a door or lock, for receiving a key. (Carp.) A hole or excavation in beams intended to be joined together, to receive the key which fastens them. (Mach.) a mortise for a key or cotter. Keyhole limpet (Zo["o]l.), ...
Usage examples of keyhole.
I was glued to my keyhole, mesmerized, as Fatty piped some command and a score of amahs clacked forward to parade the girls.
Going to the door of the chancery, I put my bar in the keyhole, but finding immediately that I could not break it open, I resolved on making a hole in the door.
He listened intently for a response, but no sound followed except the sharp note of the electric bell as Flack rang it again while Inspector Seldon bent down with his ear at the keyhole.
I made him shew me the place, and looking through the keyhole I saw that there was plenty of room for a mattress.
Sons with mothers, sires with daughters, lesbic sisters, loves that dare not speak their name, nephews with grandmothers, jailbirds with keyholes, queens with prize bulls.
In the right-hand corner, almost invisible from outside, was a narrow door of thick teak that opened very readily when the Mahatma fumbled with it although I saw no lock, hasp or keyhole on the side toward us.
Her hair hung scrappily out of the hasty braid Gaultry had tied it in before coming up to the Keyhole Chamber.
Well, there was the obvious association: the stereotype of a private investigator is that of a snooper, a keyhole peeper.
I brought her in, barricaded the door, and took care to cover up the keyhole to baffle the curious, and, if the worse happened, to avoid a surprise.
They had reached a cluster of glass lifts and Yue Hwa moved to one that had no buttons, only a keyhole.
Chancellor and his frightening officer, Lord Issachar Dan, were taking Mervion Blas up to the Keyhole Chamber.
Charles felt around the brank, for the keyhole locking its back hinge into place.
My glim showed me the keyhole, and I cut the lock, which was mortised into the thickness of the door, clean away, taking a square which gave ample margin beyond the edges of the lock.
It was a natural break in the wall of the cavern that had been trimmed into a keyhole arch shape and then subsequently covered with the pearly stalagmitic stuff.
American KH-11 Keyhole or Aquacade in orbit-that would be a huge accomplishment in espionage, a much bigger deal than Falcon, or Snowman, or Jonathan Pollard.