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Webster 1913 Edition
Armhole
Arm′holeˊ
,Noun.
[
Arm
+ hole
.] 1.
The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.
Bacon.
2.
A hole for the arm in a garment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Armhole
'ARMHOLE
,Noun.
1.
The cavity under the shoulder, or the armpit.2.
A hole for the arm in a garment.Definition 2024
armhole
armhole
See also: arm hole
English
Alternative forms
- arm hole, arm-hole
Noun
armhole (plural armholes)
- (anatomy, now rare Britain dialect) A human armpit.
- c. 1425, translating Guy de Chauliac as The Grande Chirurgie, p. 154:
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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.
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1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, p. 13:
- He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.
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1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, p. 13:
Translations
armpit — see armpit
hole in a piece of clothing
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References
- ↑ "armhole, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (2016), Oxford: Oxford University Press.