Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Haettu sana löytyi näillä lähdekielillä:
| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|
| espanja | escapatoria |
| hollanti | achterdeur, schietgat |
| italia | scappatoia, cavillo, feritoia, balestriera, saettiera, uscita |
| japani | 抜け道 (nukemichi), 銃眼 (jūgan) |
| kreikka | παράθυρο (paráthyro) |
| latina | fenestra, festra |
| norja | smutthull, skyteskår |
| portugali | brecha, seteira |
| puola | furtka, luka, kruczek |
| ranska | échappatoire, brèche, meurtrière |
| ruotsi | kryphål, skottglugg, ljusspringa |
| saksa | Ausflucht, Hintertürchen, Schießscharte |
| suomi | porsaanreikä, ampuma-aukko, ampuma-aukko linnoituksen muurissa |
| turkki | kaçamak, mazgal |
| venäjä | лазейка (lazeika), увёртка (uvjortka), амбразура (ambrazura), бойница (boinitsa) |
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
- (figurative) A method of escape, especially an ambiguity or exception in a rule or law that can be exploited in order to avoid its effect.
Verbi
- (military, transitive) To prepare a building for defense by preparing slits or holes through which to fire on attackers
- (transitive) To exploit (a law, etc.) by means of loopholes.
Esimerkit
- [...] I left him no loophole of escape, and laid bare the whole villainy which by these lights became plain as day.
- You have a contract that says you will work until Island Towers is finalized, which I interpret as completion of construction, or I can stop you working elsewhere. And there's no loopholes, because you drafted it and you're the best.
- ... and having a fair loophole, as it were, from a broken hole in the tree, he took a sure aim, without being seen, waiting till they were within about thirty yards of the tree, so that he could not miss.
- There was a loophole in this wall, to let the light in, just at the height of a person's head, who was sitting near the chimney.
- The sun had shifted round, and the myriad windows of the Ministry of Truth, with the light no longer shining on them, looked grim as the loopholes of a fortress.
- The lower windows were barricaded, and the whole building loopholed for musketry fire.
- The doors were barricaded, the shutters closed upon the windows and loopholed, and provisions were brought in from the outhouses.
- The Germans were loopholing it for defence.
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