vindhål

Swedish

Noun

vindhål n

  1. (sailing) a lull, a windless spot, more local than a calm
    De ökända vindhålen utanför Rio höll på att kosta Ericsson 3 segern
    The infamous lulls outside of Rio almost made Ericsson 3 lose the race
  2. a smoke outlet hole in the roof (instead of a chimney)
    de tre rövarna, som hade trängt in i stugan genom vindhålet i taket
    the three robbers, who had entered the house through the hole in the roof
  3. (dialect) an air inlet hole in a woodstove or oven[1]

Declension
Declension of vindhål 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vindhål vindhålet vindhål vindhålen
Genitive vindhåls vindhålets vindhåls vindhålens

See also

References
  1. vind-hål in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)

Further reading
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