English
holeable
From hole + -able.
A compound of hole + -able
Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’
Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’
Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’
Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’
Middle English hole
English hole
Today it means
adj Able to be holed; allowing the ball to be sunk.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / holeable