Definition of "gooseneck" [gooseneck]

• A slender curved object or part, such as the flexible shaft of a type of desk lamp. (noun)

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• "We replaced it with the gooseneck from the gaff of the storm trysail, and the second gooseneck broke short off inside fifteen minutes of use, and, mind you, it had been taken from the gaff of the storm trysail, upon which we would have depended in time of storm."
• "Inside of the pail is a kneading prong _c_, in the shape of a gooseneck, that is revolved by turning the handle _d_."
• "I had shown the old-fashioned deadeyes instead of rigging screws and had drawn the wrong kind of gooseneck attaching the boom to the mast."