knothole

[ not-hohl ]

/ ˈnɒtˌhoʊl /

a hole in a board or plank formed by the falling out of a knot or a portion of a knot.

Origin of knothole

First recorded in 1720–30; knot¹ + hole

His plight being observed through a knothole, his enemies climbed upon the fence and regarded him seriously.

Penrod and Sam |Booth Tarkington
Listlessly Mellie caught up a handful of pebbles and shied them one by one at a knothole in the woodshed wall.

The Duck-footed Hound |James Arthur Kjelgaard
If Seth had arrived he could shout through that knothole and possibly be heard.

The Woman-Haters |Joseph C. Lincoln
"It was a good thing the knothole was there," said Aunt Jamesina rather severely.

Anne Of The Island |Lucy Maud Montgomery

He had stepped out of the ranks, and was performing strange manoeuvers about a knothole that looked into the courting-box.

Sandy |Alice Hegan Rice

knothole

/ (ˈnɒtˌhəʊl) /

a hole in a piece of wood where a knot has been