cat hole

noun

1. one of a pair of holes in the after part of a ship through which hawsers are passed for steadying the ship or heaving astern

Example Sentences

Find a spot off trail and away from a water source, dig a cat hole 6-8 inches deep and 4-6 inches wide, bury your poo and pack out your toilet paper.

From Seattle Times

Carry a trowel for digging a cat hole or makeshift latrine.

From Washington Post

Cat′head, one of two strong beams of timber projecting from the bow of a ship, on each side of the bowsprit, through which the ropes pass by which the anchor is raised; Cat′-hole, one of two holes in the after part of a ship, through which hawsers may pass for steadying the ship or for heaving astern; Cat′hood, state of being a cat or having the nature of a cat; Cat′kin, a crowded spike or tuft of small unisexual flowers with reduced scale-like bracts, as in the willow, hazel, &c.;

From Project Gutenberg

Is there ne'r a Cat hole where I may creep through?

From Project Gutenberg

Same time you can keep on fetching brush to fumigate your cat hole.

From Project Gutenberg