Meaning of smokehole | Babel Free

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A hole in the top of a building, especially a basic building or structure such as a tipi or yurt, through which smoke can exit.

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“The ovens they now build⟳ are well vaulted, with vent-holes on the sides, just underneath the roof, and a chimney closed at top, having a smoke-hole on each side. Through these smoke-holes no spark can get⟳, so as to set⟳ fire to the straw spread⟳ about it, and the whole kiln is thus preserved from taking fire, owing to the chimney’s being closed at top.”

“Wind and rain⟳ fought it out on Cladich brae, and when it was not the wind that came bold through the smoke-hole in the roof, ’twas the rain⟳, a beady slant that hissed on the peats like⟳ roasting herrings.”

“A splash of white on the floor came from the high moon, which was peering down through the smoke-hole in the roof.”

“Each of the large houses was the home of several families. The door and the smoke-hole were common to all, but each family had its own⟳ fire with its own⟳ things round it.”

“Drifting sparks floated up and out of the smokehole.”

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