Complete Definition of "scye"

English

Etymology
Origin unknown.

Pronunciation
IPA|/saɪ/
rhymes|aɪ
Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, sai Si

Noun
en-noun

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

#:*1974: on the seat lay folded a pair of blue cotton pants creased at the groin, their short fly zippered open, and over them a white underbrief, the sinus of its pouch humped between elliptical scyes. � Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

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