gooseneck
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Etymology
Noun
gooseneck (plural goosenecks)
- (often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
- A gooseneck lamp can be swiveled around an object, allowing a good examination of all its surfaces.
- 1961, James S. Holton, Sound Language Teaching: The State of the Art Today, page 77:
- The gooseneck microphone. Mounted to the desk or to the side wall of the booth, the gooseneck offers a limited degree of flexibility for height and depth adjustment of the microphone.
- (nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
- Short for gooseneck barnacle.
Related terms
- gooseneck barnacle
- gooseneck pediment
Translations
anything shaped like a goose's neck
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