knothole

Noun

Cincinnati attributive

In a piece of lumber, a void left by a knot in the wood; such holes are often convenient for peering through when they occur in fences. / (Cincinnati, sports, attributive) Youth league baseball.

Japanese Meaning

木材内の節（結び目）によってできた空洞。特に、柵などにおいて、のぞき孔として利用される場合がある。 / （シンシナティにおけるスポーツでの用法）ユースリーグ野球

What is this buttons?

She peered through the knothole to watch the children playing in the yard.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は木の節によってできた穴からのぞき、庭で遊ぶ子どもたちを見ていた。

Details

Sense（1）

Looking in the same direction, I saw that the knothole in the wall had indeed become a human eye -- a full, black eye, that glared into my own with an entire lack of expression more awful than the most devilish glitter.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation