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arm hole

arm hole is the alternative form of armhole.

Meaning of armhole

Noun

armhole (plural armholes)

  1. (Midlands, archaic, dialectal) A human armpit.
    • An aposteme gendred in þe purgynge places, þat is to say, of þe brayne vnder þe eres, of þe herte vnder þe arme holes, of þe lyuer in the schares.c. 1425, Guy de Chauliac, The Grande Chirurgie, page 154
  2. (obsolete, rare) Similar structures in other animals.
  3. A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
    • He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13

Forms of arm hole

pluralarm holes

Questions about arm hole

What is arm hole the alternative form of?
Arm hole is the alternative form of armhole.

Words near arm hole in the dictionary

  1. arm days
  2. arm garter
  3. arm garters
  4. arm guard
  5. arm guards
  6. arm hole
  7. arm holes
  8. arm in arm
  9. arm in crook
  10. Arm of Finland
  11. arm of flesh

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