[goos-nek] 
| 1. | a curved object resembling the neck of a goose, often of flexible construction, as in the shaft of a gooseneck lamp. |
| 2. | Nautical. a curved piece at the foot of a boom, attached to a mast by a vertical pivot and itself having a horizontal pivot so that the boom can be pointed in a wide angle vertically or horizontally. |
| 3. | Carpentry. a vertical continuation of the handrail of a flight of stairs, terminating in a short horizontal part on the top of a newel post. |
| goose·neck (gōōs'něk') n. A slender curved object or part, such as the flexible shaft of a type of desk lamp. goose'necked' adj. |
