1) Loophole, old style 2) Old eyelet
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• (n.) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications. • (n.) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.
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an eye hole. Roundel at the end of a cross shaped arrow loop
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Oil'let noun [ See
Eyelet .]
(Architecture) (a) A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediæval fortifications.
(b) A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture. [ Written also
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In architecture an oillet is a small opening or loop-hole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications from which defenders would shoot arrows at besiegers (see also arbalestena). The term is also used to describe a small circular opening, and ring of mouldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.
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