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Slit vs Arrowslit - What's the difference?

slit | arrowslit |

As nouns the difference between slit and arrowslit

is that slit is a narrow cut or opening; a slot while arrowslit is a slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.

As a verb slit

is to cut a narrow opening.

slit

English

(wikipedia slit)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=17 citation , passage=The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].}}
  • (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
  • (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.
  • Verb

  • To cut a narrow opening.
  • He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
  • To split in two parts.
  • To cut; to sever; to divide.
  • * Milton:
  • And slits the thin-spun life.

    arrowslit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A slit, as in a castle wall, through which arrows can be fired.
  • Synonyms

    * balistraria