armhole
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈɑɹmˌhoʊl/
armhole (plural armholes)
- (anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
- c. 1425, translating Guy de Chauliac as The Grande Chirurgie, p. 154:
- 1535, Bible (Coverdale Bible), Jer. 38:12:
- Put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes.
- 2005 September 7, Birmingham Post, p. 9:
- (anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
- (fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
- French: emmanchure
- Portuguese: cava
- Spanish: sisa, sobaquera
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