dial. Also smout-. [f. SMOOT sb.1 Cf. Da. smuthul.] (See quots. and SMOOT sb.1)
a. 1828. Bewick, Mem. (1862), 39. The entrance to these last was always by a ‘smout hole,’ or small opening, through which we crept on hands and knees.
1828. Carr, Craven Gloss., Smoot-hole, a hole in a fence, through which a hare is accustomed to pass.
1893. J. Watson, Conf. Poacher, 133. A smoot-hole in the fence through which the rabbits run.
