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Definition of Gooseneck
1. Noun. Something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose).
Definition of Gooseneck
1. Noun. Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gooseneck
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gooseneck
Literary usage of Gooseneck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"The "gooseneck" claw bar has the lower end bent backward and then forward again
in a curve so as to give a long leverage in pulling, but as the claw is then ..."
2. Yacht Architecture: A Treatise on the Laws which Govern the Resistance of by Dixon Kemp (1897)
"The boom gooseneck and universal joint shown by Fig. 228 form the plan usually
followed in small yachts; also the spinnaker boom gooseneck and joint. ..."
3. Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing by Dixon Kemp (1884)
"D is a view of the boom and gooseneck. p is the gooseneck on the mast a. d, the
sprit. e, topping-lift; the ticked line shows the c is the boom ready to be ..."
4. Practical Sheet Metal Work and Demonstrated Patterns: A Comprehensive Treatise by John Henry Teschmacher (1910)
"71, with conductor heads, which are nothing more than ornamental funnels, or
boxes, for receiving the water from the roof chute or gooseneck. ..."
5. Pacific Reporter by West Publishing Company (1886)
"In the estimate, 272 sets that absolutely existed; then I reduced the gooseneck,
made 24 sets, and 5 sots from the thirteenth, made 301 sets. ..."
6. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"A gooseneck on the gaff of the mainsail broke short olE We replaced it with the
gooseneck from the gaff of the storm trysail, and the second gooseneck broke ..."
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