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armscye or armseye PRONUNCIATION: (AHRM-sy, -zy)

MEANING: noun: An opening in a garment for attaching a sleeve; an armhole.

ETYMOLOGY: From arm, from Old English earm + scye (armhole), from Scottish, reanalyzed as arm's eye.

USAGE: "The sleeve is not attached around the entire armseye."

Susan Khalje; Bridal Couture; 1997.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live. -Francoise Sagan, playwright and novelist (1935-2004)





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