halse¹ /höls/ or (Scot and N Eng dialect) hause or hawse /hös/ (obsolete or dialect)

1. The neck
2. The throat
3. A pass, defile, or connecting ridge

To embrace

hauseˈ-bane noun (Scot)

Collarbone

hauseˈ-lock noun (Scot)

The wool of a sheep's neck

• deflecting
• deflection
• deflectional
• deflections
• deflective
• deflector
• deflectors
• deflects
• deflex
• deflexed
• deflexes
• deflexing
• deflexion
• deflexional
• deflexions
• deflexure
• deflexures
• deflorate
• deflorated
• deflorates
• deflorating
• defloration
• deflorations
• deflower
• deflowered