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post⋅hole

[pohst-hohl]
–noun
1. a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
2. Archaeology. an excavated hole showing by its shape and by the remains of wood or other debris that it was once filled by a post.

Origin:
1695–1705; post 1 + hole
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post·hole   (pōst'hōl')   
n.  A hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post.
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