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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English arme hole, armehole, arm hole, arm-hole, armhole, arm-hool(e), armole, harmehole; equivalent to arm + hole.
Pronunciation
Noun
armhole (plural armholes)
- (anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
- (anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
- (fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13:He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.
Synonyms
Translations
hole in a piece of clothing
References
- ^ "armhole, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (2016), Oxford: Oxford University Press.