Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The opening left in a garment where the sleeve is to be attached, and shaped by cutting so as to regulate the fit and adjustment of the sleeve. Also called
arm-scye .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Cant Arm scye, a cutter's term for the armhole or part of the armhole of the waist of a garment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
armhole (or, occasionally, aleghole ) intailoring anddressmaking
Etymologies
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Examples
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Unfortunately, the tailor and I don't share a common language, so we couldn't get into the finer points of waist definition or scye diameter (scyes, as you know, are armholes).
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On the other hand, my chest - not my bosom, my chest - measures 17 1/2 inches from scye to scye - the triangular notch in the front armhole.
so many dresses, they're coming out of the walls - A Dress A Day 2006
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My back measures 13 from scye to scye that would be the little notch in the armhole in the back pattern piece - the squarish ones.
so many dresses, they're coming out of the walls - A Dress A Day 2006
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it will cause even more odd fitting problems - it will create a very narrow back I'm 5'6", and Not a Small Person, and my back width from scye to scye is between 12 1/2" and 13" AND a correspondingly wide front - I measure 17 1/2" from scye to scye in the front.
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