weasand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   archaic: the throat or gullet, especially the esophagus

   The old tale describes the bone as lodged in the traveler's weasand.

2. 2
   noun

   archaic: the windpipe or trachea

   The blow landed dangerously close to his weasand.

Inherited through Middle English wesand from Old English wasend, 'gullet or windpipe,' and related Germanic forms. Its older anatomy was imprecise, so historical uses may refer to the throat, esophagus, or trachea.

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