stay hole

noun

: an opening in a staysail through which passes one of the hanks joining the sail to the stay

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Rhymes for stay hole

• bankroll
• bedroll
• borehole
• cajole
• catchpole
• charcoal
• condole
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• dipole
• downhole
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• extol