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ˈswan-necked, a.|-nɛkt|
[Cf. prec.]
1. Having a long slender neck.
1703Lond. Gaz. No. 3938/4 A black Gelding..Swan Neck'd. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. III. App. NN. 764 The swan-necked lady [sc. Eadgyth] of the Waltham story. 1908Animal Management (Vet. Departm., War Office) 24 A ‘Cock-throttled’ or ‘swan-necked’ horse is one which has a neck like a fowl.
2. Having (or having some part of) a curved cylindrical form like a swan's neck.
1745W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Aug. vii. 62 Their five-toothed, long, Swan-neck'd, wooden..Rake. 1825J. Nicholson Oper. Mech. 604 Hand-railing, whether ramped, swan-necked, level, circular, or wreathed. 1901Scotsman 5 Nov. 8/1 The swan-necked putter [at golf]. |