a. [Cf. prec.]

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  1.  Having a long slender neck.

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1703.  Lond. Gaz., No. 3938/4. A black Gelding … Swan Neck’d.

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1869.  Freeman, Norm. Conq., III. App. NN. 764. The swan-necked lady [sc. Eadgyth] of the Waltham story.

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1908.  Animal Management (Vet. Departm., War Office), 24. A ‘Cock-throttled’ or ‘swan-necked’ horse is one which has a neck like a fowl.

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  2.  Having (or having some part of) a curved cylindrical form like a swan’s neck.

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1825.  J. Nicholson, Operat. Mechanic, 604. Hand-railing, whether ramped, swan-necked, level, circular, or wreathed.

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1901.  Scotsman, 5 Nov., 8/1. The swan-necked putter [at golf].

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