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drill hole for a charge of an explosive

1. : a drilled hole in which a charge of dynamite is exploded in mining or to produce artificial earth vibrations in seismic prospecting for oil

2. : a hole made in wood by a boring insect

3.

a. also shot-holing \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ : the dropping out of small rounded fragments of leaves because of parasitic action or other causes with a resultant shot-riddled appearance — compare cherry leaf spot

b. : one of the perforations so formed

a condition in plants in which small, rounded spots drop out of the leaves, appearing as if the leaves were riddled by shot, resulting from infection or injury.

[1795-1805]

shot hole,

1. a hole made by a gunshot.

2. Mining. a hole drilled in rock to insert an explosive charge.

1) a hole made by the passage of a shot

2) a hole bored in rock for the insertion of a blasting charge

3) a small round hole made in a leaf by a fungus or bacterium, esp. in a fruit tree following an attack of leaf spot