SCYE

Etymology

Noun

scye (plural scyes)

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

Anagrams

• Sec'y, YECs, sec'y, syce

Source: Wiktionary


Scye, n.

Definition: Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garnment. [Cant]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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