eyehole

plural eyeholes · alternative eye hole

1. The hole to which the viewer places his or her eye in a device such as a telescope.

   Holonym: eyepiece

2. The hole in a mask, helmet, or costume corresponding to the position of the eye, allowing the eye to look through it.

   Eyeholes in a paper bag Greatest lay I ever had

   1997, Placebo, “Nancy Boy”

3. The hole in the face where the eye resides.

   Meronyms: eye socket (bony orbit), orbital cavity, cranial orbit, orbit

   Synonyms: eye socket, eye-socket, eyesocket, eye-pit