Obs. A rabbit hole or burrow. Also transf. in quots. 1440–83, 1668.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 90. Conyys hole, cunus.
1483. Cath. Angl., 74. A Connynge-hale [v.r. Cunyng holle], cuna.
1530. Palsgr., 208/1. Cony hole or clapar, taisniere.
1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Clapier … a Cunny hole.
1643. Ayscoghe, 29 July, in Cromwell’s Lett. & Sp. (Carlyle), App. 4. By reason of the conyholes, and the difficult ascent up the hill.
1668. Culpepper & Cole, Barthol. Anat., II. vii. 110. Gassendus saw … the Septum of the Heart to have throughfares, by reason of sundry windings and crooked Cony-holes as it were.
