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# loophole

«loophole» in Mova's school dictionary: **a narrow slit in a castle or fort wall, through which…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (loopholes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A loophole is a narrow slit in a castle or fort wall, through which archers could shoot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/#m1)

2) (everyday) A loophole is a small way round a rule. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, castle walls with loopholes for shooting arrows and pouring down boiling water on enemies

### examples

- The soldiers shot arrows through the loopholes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/#x1)
- The castle had many loopholes in its thick walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/#x2)
- The rule had a loophole, so he got out of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «loophole» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loophole/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.