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basin hole 
a hole for fishing nets, made in thick ice by chiselling out a basin-shaped depression until a hole is cut through at the centre.
- 1801 (1927) . . . holes are cut [in the ice] at a distance of thirty feet from each other, to the full length of the net; one of them is larger than the rest, being generally about four feet square, and is called the bason [hole]; by means of them, and poles of proportionable length, the nets are placed in and drawn out of the water.
- 1888 The Indian dogs or huskies haul the portable canvas house to the "basin holes," and there the nets are "set" and "lifted" in comparative comfort.
- 1956 At the beginning of the season basin holes are relatively easy to open but later, when the ice becomes as much as 6 feet thick, each hole becomes a major chore. To re-open a hole in thick ice calls for less work since a basin hole takes several days to freeze to the original thickness.
- 1801 (1927) . . . holes are cut [in the ice] at a distance of thirty feet from each other, to the full length of the net; one of them is larger than the rest, being generally about four feet square, and is called the bason [hole]; by means of them, and poles of proportionable length, the nets are placed in and drawn out of the water.