swan neck

British  

noun

1. a tube, rail, etc, curved like a swan's neck

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Example Sentences

She had legs, she had arms, she had a swan neck dangling uselessly behind her.

From Literature

This checkered past, combined with its bizarre characteristics — duckbill, swan neck as long as its body, sickle-shaped toe claw — left some paleontologists dubious about its authenticity.

From New York Times

Mrs. Shafiroff angled her swan neck and smiled.

From New York Times

“That’s how they made them years ago, before metal strings, before they knew how to brace a long neck. It’s incredible. There’s more careful engineering in that swan neck than in any three cathedrals.”

From Literature

Related: The Danish Girl review - Eddie Redmayne's swan neck is best thing in pain-free transgender melodrama Trans experiences continue to make headlines, and the timing is fortuitous for Tom Hooper’s tale of the first recipient of male-to-female gender reassignment.

From The Guardian