gooseneck

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. (attributive, often) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
2. 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.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife.

Sinonimai

bottleneck

cesspool

sewer

sump

chokepoint

swan neck

swivel neck

water swivel

swan-neck hook

Vertimai

Schwanenhals

Lümmelbeschlag

vit-de-mulet

trozza

cuello de cisne

pescoço de ganso

cano curvo

vit de mulet

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

From goose + neck.