poll lámhaigh — meaning in English
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English meaning
- loophole noun A gap, ambiguity, or technicality in a law or rule that lets someone avoid its intended effect.
Senses
poll lámhaigh is used for these senses in English:
- loophole (historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.
- machicolation (architectural element) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
loophole — full definition
- noun A gap, ambiguity, or technicality in a law or rule that lets someone avoid its intended effect.
- noun A narrow slit in a wall, originally used for shooting through or letting in light.