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Foxhole vs Bolthole - What's the difference?

foxhole | bolthole |

As nouns the difference between foxhole and bolthole

is that foxhole is the burrow in the ground where a fox lives while bolthole is a hole in an animal's den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit; ie a hole the animal may bolt through.

foxhole

English

(wikipedia foxhole)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
  • (military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
  • * 1962 : Hoxie Neale Fairchild, Religious Trends in English Poetry: 1880–1920: Gods of a Changing Poetry (Columbia University Press), page 378:
    • The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes'” is absurd. ' Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation.

    Synonyms

    * dugout * fighting hole * spider hole

    bolthole

    English

    Noun

  • A hole in an animal's den, or through a wall or fence, used for escape or emergency exit; i.e. a hole the animal may bolt through.
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs