scye

English

Etymology

Unknown

Perhaps Old French sier (“to cut”), from Latin secare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, sai, Si

Noun

scye (plural scyes)

1. An armhole (or, occasionally, a leghole) in tailoring and dressmaking.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     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.

Anagrams

• Sec'y, YECs, sec'y, syce