dene-hole noun. ['di:nhǝʊl] Also dane-hole ['deɪn-]. M18.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from DANE + HOLE noun¹. Assoc. by later archaeologists with DENE noun² and DEN noun¹.]
Archaeology. An ancient excavation of a kind found in chalk-formations in England and France, consisting of a narrow shaft sunk down to the chalk, and there widening out into one or more chambers.

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