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scye.

An armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/saɪ/
  1. An armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Scots sey (“armhole, cut of beef”), from Middle Scots say, possibly from Old Norse segi, sigi (“chunk, bite”), from Proto-Germanic *segô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

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