Etymology

holing

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Today it means: undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass. Full definition →

English hole ← Middle English hole ← Old English hol
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holing · verb1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

holing · noun2

  1. Proto-Germanic*hulaz
  2. Proto-Germanic*hulą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*hol
  4. Old Englishhol
  5. Middle Englishhole
  6. Englishhole
  7. English todayholing

From hole (“a hollow”) + -ing.

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