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ˈneck-hole
[f. neck n.1 + hole n. Cf. Norw. dial. nakke-hola in sense 1.]
1. dial. The hollow in the back of the neck; the space between the back of the neck and the collar.
c1340Nominale sive Verbale (Skeat) 10 Fossolet, nekke-hole. c1400Destr. Troy 13889 He nolpit on with his Neue in the necke hole, Þat the bon alto brast. c1475Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 748 Hec fontinella, the nekhole. 1592in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. ix. 228 Two [veins] in the neke holes shall thowe fynde. 1874Waugh Chimney Corner (1879) 27 Yo met set potitos in her neck-hole. 1892Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve i. viii, I'll put soom o' that watter down yor neckhole.
2. The hole through the neck of an hour-glass.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 121 What a long thread of sand passes the neck-hole of an hour-glass.
3. An opening for the neck.
1886Corbett Fall of Asgard I. 250 He drew on his glittering hauberk. When his head emerged again through the neck-hole, he went on [speaking]. |