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pilot hole

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pilot hole - A small hole drilled or hammered for the insertion of a nail or screw, or for drilling a larger hole.
See also related terms for insertion.
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1990: Crews at work on the Channel Tunnel met for the first time when French workers drilled a pilot hole through to the British side of a service tunnel.
Onthisday by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
1990: Crews at work on the Channel Tunnel celebrated when they met for the first time after French workers drilled a pilot hole through to the British side of the maintenance tunnel - first of the three tunnels in the mammoth undertaking to make the breakthrough.
ON THIS DAY IN .. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
1990: Crews at work on the Channel Tunnel met for the first time when French workers drilled a pilot hole through to the British side of a service tunnel.
On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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