The Only Use of
loophole
in
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- The other bank of the stream was open ground—a gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge.†
Definition:
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(loophole) something left out of a rule that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation -- especially in the text of a law or contract