arm hole

See also: armhole

English

Noun

arm hole (plural arm holes)

Alternative form of armhole.
- 1535, Bible (Coverdale Bible), Jer. 38:12:
  Put these ragges and cloutes vnder thine arme holes.
- 1731 January 15, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, page 13:
  He... violently pull'd off her Riding-Hood, and tore it at the Arm Holes in pulling it off.

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