windhole

noun

1

: a ventilating shaft in a mine

2

: a hole in the foot of an organ pipe for admitting wind

3

: a hole made by the wind

sandstone formations tooled by centuries of wind and weather, pockmarked with windholes and caves

—American Guide Series: California

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