oxter

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oxter

/ˈɒkstə(ɹ)/

Where it comes from

Apparently from Middle English *oxtere, *oxte, from Old English ōxta, ōhsta, related to Old English ōxn (“armpit”), Old English eax (“axis, axle”), and eaxl (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“joint of the shoulder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). See also axis and axon.

noun oxters

Ireland, Northern England, Scotland The armpit. And begob there he was passing the door with his books under his oxter and the wife beside him and Corny Kelleher with his wall eye looking in as they went past, […]

verb oxters · oxtering · oxtered

transitive To hug with the arms, or support by taking the arm of. They oxter him into the building.
Similar: armpit, axilla, underarm, armhole

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@misc{oxter_2026,
  title = {oxter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oxter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}