armscye

armscye
/ahrm"suy, -zuy/, n.
the armhole opening in a garment.
Also, armseye /ahrmz"uy'/.
[ARM1 + scye armhole (orig. Scot, Ulster dial. s(e)y, sie, of uncert. orig.); reanalyzed by folk etym. as "arm's eye"]

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