"armhole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑɹmˌhoʊl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-armhole.wav [Southern-England] Forms: armholes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English arme hole, armehole, arm hole, arm-hole, armhole, arm-hool(e), armole, harmehole; equivalent to arm + hole. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|arme hole}} Middle English arme hole, {{m|enm|armehole}} armehole, {{m|enm|arm hole}} arm hole, {{m|enm|arm-hole}} arm-hole, {{m|enm|armhole}} armhole, {{m|enm|arm-hoolis|arm-hool(e)}} arm-hool(e), {{m|enm|armole}} armole, {{m|enm|harmehole}} harmehole, {{compound|en|arm|hole}} arm + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} armhole (plural armholes)
  1. (anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit. Tags: Midlands, archaic, dialectal Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-armhole-en-noun-zHnUiX72 Categories (other): Midlands English Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals. Tags: obsolete, rare Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-armhole-en-noun-Th2iiOB1 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. (fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing. Categories (topical): Fashion Translations (hole in a piece of clothing): ermahol [neuter] (Faroese), kädenreikä (Finnish), emmanchure [feminine] (French), cava [feminine] (Portuguese), sisa [feminine] (Spanish), sobaquera [feminine] (Spanish), ärmhål [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-armhole-en-noun-EGAs-QYF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 33 57 Topics: fashion, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'hole in a piece of clothing': 2 10 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arm hole, arm-hole Synonyms (cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder): armpit, axilla, oxter, underarm
Disambiguation of 'cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder': 34 27 39

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