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armhole

noun
/ˈɑɹmˌhoʊl/US

Etymology

From Middle English arme hole, armehole, arm hole, arm-hole, armhole, arm-hool(e), armole, harmehole; equivalent to arm + hole.

  1. inherited from arme hole

Definitions

  1. A human armpit.

    • An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places, þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.
    • Put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes.
    • Armhole is a variant on armpit in the west and east Midlands.

  2. Similar structures in other animals.

  3. A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.

    • He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.

The neighborhood

  • synonymarmpitcavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
  • synonymaxillacavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
  • synonymoxtercavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder
  • synonymunderarmcavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA