The wrist. Compare arm-wrist. Now regional (chieflyEnglish regional ( south-western ) and Newfoundland ).
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Cleopatra Glossary. Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian hondwrist, Middle Low German hantrost, hantwrost, (with metathesis) hantworst wrist from the Germanic base of hand + the Germanic base of wrist.