Opening in a wall from which missiles, such as arrows, were fired during sieges.
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Examples for "loophole "
Examples for "loophole "
1 It was not: the Soviet dissidents exploited the loophole with great effect.
2 Police Minister Michael Woodhouse said he was not sure a loophole existed.
3 The infamous loophole surrounding so-called carried interest will be in the crosshairs.
4 The loophole that made the strategy possible was not closed until 2012.
5 This reversed the loophole whereby referees' reports could be open to interpretation.
1 From a second arrow slit , she caught a glimpse of the sea.
2 Petru looked up, to the arrow slit , to dawn's earliest light there.
3 The scrutator was aiming through an arrow slit with a borrowed crossbow.
4 The arrow slit was darkened, and half of a little bronze face appeared.
5 Through the opaque, beeswax cloth that blocked the arrow slit , the faintest of lights came.
1 Reddish bands of light from the arrow loops slash her face.
2 Arrow loops had been bricked up, no doubt to render tower rooms more snug in winter.
3 There were dark arrow loops in those wings that would allow archers to cover the door with crossfire.
4 The top of the wall was open, with a broad allure to stand on and merlons with arrow loops .
5 They docked at an elegant white marble gatehouse, with raised drawbridge and arrow loops bristling with wary elven archers.
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