halse¹ /höls/ or (Scot and N Eng dialect) hause or hawse /hös/ (obsolete or dialect)

1. The neck
2. The throat
3. A pass, defile, or connecting ridge

To embrace

hauseˈ-bane noun (Scot)

Collarbone

hauseˈ-lock noun (Scot)

The wool of a sheep's neck

• penance
• penanced
• penances
• penancing
• pen-and-ink
• Penang-lawyer
• penannular
• penates
• pen-case
• pen-cases
• pence
• pencel
• pencels
• pences
• penchant
• penchants
• pencil
• pencil-case
• pencil-cases
• pencil-cedar
• pencil-cedars
• pencil-compass
• pencil-compasses
• penciling
• pencil-lead