Crossword clues for bunghole
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bunghole \Bung"hole`\, n.
See Bung, n., 2.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of bung-hole English)
WordNet
n. a hole in a barrel or cask; used to fill or empty it
Wikipedia
A bunghole or bungehole is a hole bored in a liquid-tight barrel to remove contents. The hole is capped with a large cork-like object called a bung. Acceptable usage include other access points that may be capped with alternate materials providing an air- or water-tight access to other vessels. For example, a bunghole on a combustion chamber can be used to remove slag or add coal. Bungholes can also be utilized to insert and remove sensing probes or equipment like mixers to agitate the contents within a vessel.
Bungholes were first used on wooden barrels, and were typically bored by the purchaser of the barrel using a brace and bit. Bungholes can be bored in either head (end) of a barrel or in one of the staves (side). With the bung removed, a tapered faucet can be attached to aid with dispensing. When barrels full of a commodity were shipped, the recipient would often bore new bungholes of the most suitable size and placement rather than remove the existing bung. Wooden barrels manufactured by specialty firms today usually are bored by the maker with suitable bungholes, since the hobbyists who purchase them for the making of beer, wine, and fermented foods often do not have a suitable brace and bit.
Closed-head steel barrels and drums now used for shipment of chemicals and petroleum products have a standardized bunghole arrangement, with one 2 inch NPT and one 3/4 inch NPT threaded bunghole on opposite sides of the top head. Some steel barrels are also equipped with a 2-inch threaded bunghole on the side.
Bungholes can be made on the bottom of small boats. The hole would have a small piece of cork (Bung) in the hole while in use by the owner; when it was not in use the owner would remove the bung so if unwanted visitors decided to take the boat they would sink. Used mostly in the Renaissance and Middle Ages.
Usage examples of "bunghole".
I used for filling casks, and made it fast to the bunghole of the cask.
From a point fifteen feet away several lengths of slow match stretched along the deck, like a thin octopus, the ends disappearing in the bungholes, where they went down into the powder and were held lightly in position by wooden bungs.
They're both bungholes who think they're too noble to shit, but never mind about that, I know the difference.
They’re both bungholes who think they’re too noble to shit, but never mind about that, I know the difference.
We'll shove our swords up Tywin Lannister's bunghole soon enough, begging your pardons, and then it's on to the Red Keep to free Ned.
He then climbed down with this to the scuttle butt, outside the galley, inserted the gun barrel into the bunghole, and, having sucked up his drink, he was required to carry the drinking tube to the main top again.