LOOPHOLE


Meaning of LOOPHOLE in English

n. & v.

n. 1 a means of evading a rule etc. without infringing the letter of it. 2 a narrow vertical slit in a wall for shooting or looking through or to admit light or air.

v.tr. make loopholes in (a wall etc.).

[ ME loop in the same sense + HOLE ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.