Lexicographical Neighbors of Goosenecked
Literary usage of Goosenecked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"Thick planting is advisable, using at least five pounds of seed to the acre, as
the percentage of goosenecked heads will be reduced, and the time of ..."
2. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce, United States Naval Academy (1898)
"A spinnaker is a light triangular sail, the foot of which is extended by a boom
goosenecked to the mast, and rigged out on the side opposite to the main ..."
3. Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or by Stephen Bleecker Luce (1884)
"A spinnaker is a light triangular sail, the foot of which is extended by a boom
goosenecked to the mast, and rigged out on the side opposite to the main ..."
4. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"... shall extend a distance of at least forty-five (45) inches above the landing,
preferably being goosenecked. The rungs may be omitted above the roof. ..."
5. The Turnpikes of New England and Evolution of the Same Through England by Frederic James Wood (1919)
"The body was joined to the front wheels, where there were no springs, by wooden
stays, which were slightly goosenecked to allow the front wheels to ..."
6. Productive Farm Crops by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1916)
"The heads of this group of sorghums are generally bent over or " goosenecked,"
and the seeds are large and flat. The Durra corns were apparently introduced ..."
7. The Corn Crops: A Discussion of Maize, Kafirs, and Sorghums as Grown in the by Edward Gerrard Montgomery (1913)
"B. Peduncle recurved (goosenecked) or sometimes erect. Panicle black, glumes awned.
X. Gooseneck. The three varieties that have had most extensive ..."
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