wishbonen.
/ˈwɪʃbəʊn/, U.S. /ˈwɪʃˌboʊn/ 1. = merrythought n. (see for reason of the name).
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the world > animals > birds > bones > [noun] > furcula or wishbone
froshell1486
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craw-bone1611
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furculum1833
fourchette1854
furcula1859
wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
pully-bone1897
skip-bone1901
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] > cuts or parts of fowl
wingc1470
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chicken liver1733
pope's nose1788
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oyster1855
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wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
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chicken breast1941
chicken tender1955
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > magical object > for making wish > wishbone
merrythought1598
wishbone1860
pulling bone1877
pully-bone1897
pull-bonea1903
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Wish-Bone.
1884 E. P. Roe Nature's Serial Story vi If I bring you a canvas-back [duck], Amy, will you put the wish-bone over the door?
2. Nautical. A boom composed of two halves that curve outward from the mast, on either side of the sail, and in again, the clew of the sail that lies between them being attached to the point where they meet aft. Frequently attributive, designating a sail or a boat with such a boom.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [adjective] > having wishbone boom
wishbone1934
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > pole controlling position of sail > types of
portlof1432
outligger1481
bumkin?c1613
driver-boom1750
ringtail-boom1769
spanker-boom1813
swinging-boom1840
jackyard1862
whisker pole1954
wishbone1984
1934 U. Fox Sailing, Seamanship & Yacht Constr. i. 54 (caption) Wishbone gaff.
1935 Yachting Monthly Feb. 306/1 The working sail area of the ‘wishbone’ ketch rig shown totals 2,794 sq. ft.
1954 D. Phillips-Birt Rigs & Rigging of Yachts ii. 60 The wishbone ketch is the result of combining an unusual form of staysail ketch rig devised by Mr. F. Fenger..with the wishbone spar invented by Nathaniel Herreshoff.
1958 Times 27 Oct. 10/6 The fishermen..were already launching their dug-out canoes, some under the traditional wish-bone sprit-sail.
1981 B. Webb Schult's Sailing Dict. 327/1 Sailboards have wishbone booms.
1984 Times 25 Aug. 11 The next stop was to pick a point to steer for, ease the rig (the mast, sail and wishbone) towards me until I was looking through the transparent panel in the sail.
3. A wishbone-shaped element in the independent suspension of a motor vehicle, the two arms of which are hinged to the chassis and their join hinged to the wheel; frequently attributive.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > types of suspension elements
quarter-elliptic1909
quarter-elliptical1909
wishbone1934
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > steering, suspension, or wheels > springs, etc., supporting chassis > other suspension components
airbag1971
wishbone1983
1934 Automobile Engineer XXIV. 289/3 The American types..do not use the longitudinal radius links, and thus the wheel position depends entirely on the ‘wishbone’ link bearings.
1959 Times 27 Apr. (Rubber Industry Suppl.) p. vi/1 Such bushes are now almost universally used for springs, torque arms, and in some forms of wishbone suspension.
1983 ‘D. Rutherford’ Stop at Nothing ix. 165 It took me an hour and a half to put the Saab to rights. The front wishbone had been seriously distorted.
4. American Football. Used attributively and absol. to designate an offensive formation in which the full back lines up ahead of the half-backs in an alignment that resembles the shape of a wishbone.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > formations
T-formation1930
umbrella defence1950
pocket1955
shotgun formation1967
O-line1971
wishbone1972
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [adjective] > formation
man to man1922
man-for-man1923
wishbone1972
1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 48/2 Dartmouth's best hope lies in shutting off Yale's wishbone offense as engineered by Dick Jauron.
1974 Spartanburg (S. Carolina) Herald-Jrnl. 21 Apr. 134/3 The white team ran the wishbone that UCLA used last year.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 10 d/3 The fullback in the Santa Rita Wishbone has averaged nearly 30 carries per game in the first two contests.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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