armhole
See also: arm hole
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English arme hole, armehole, arm hole, arm-hole, armhole, arm-hool(e), armole, harmehole; equivalent to arm + hole.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
armhole (plural armholes)
- (anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
- 1535, Bible (Coverdale Bible), Jer. 38:12:
- Put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes.
- 2005 September 7, Birmingham Post, page 9:
- Armhole is a variant on armpit in the west and east Midlands.
- (anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
- (fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
- 1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13:
- He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
armpit — see armpit
hole in a piece of clothing
References edit
- ^ "armhole, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (2016), Oxford: Oxford University Press.