Sentence:  "Open the <WSD>bole</WSD>," said the old woman firmly and hastily to her daughter-in-law, “open the <WSD>bole</WSD> wi' speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light.