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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaeology) A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide..
Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.
There, Kate dismounted, postholed through the snow to the door of the Park Service's headquarters, marched down the hall to Dan O'Brian's office, walked in without knocking, sat down without invitation, and said, "Now then. Would you mind repeating to me exactly what you told Ethan Int-Hout this morning?"
Diane and I held our breaths. Good, she was still upright. She slowly moved her weight forward, and picked up her back foot. We exhaled, and she promptly postholed.
The chances of postholing can be minimized by landing with your whole foot at once as well as by wearing shoes with larger outsole surface area to increase flotation marginally.
Use posthole when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Posthole means (archaeology) A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide..
Common synonyms include post hole.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.
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