Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, a. [L. pertusus, p.
   p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through;
   per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus. Cf. {Pierce}.]
   Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.