Gooseneck may refer to:
Biology
* The neck of a
goose
A goose (: geese) is a bird of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera '' Anser'' (grey geese and white geese) and '' Branta'' (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egy ...
*
Gooseneck barnacle, a species of crustacean
* A flower of the variety ''
Lysimachia clethroides''
Geography
*
Gooseneck, Isle of Man, a hairpin corner on the Snaefell Mountain Course
* A type of erosional feature, in which a
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the Channel (geography), channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erosion, erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank (cut bank, cut bank or river cl ...
of an
entrenched river gets entrenched into surrounding bedrock, as in
Goosenecks State Park
Mechanical
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Gooseneck (sailing)
The gooseneck is the swivel connection on a sailboat by which the boom attaches to the mast. The boom may pivot in any direction, from side to side or up and down, by swiveling on the gooseneck.
The gooseneck may be a two-axis swivel as pictur ...
, a type of sailing rigging attachment
*
Gooseneck (drilling rig), a thick, hollow metal elbow that supports and provides a downward angle from which the
Kelly hose hangs
*
Gooseneck (piping), a piping or ductwork feature
* A
crowbar (tool)
A crowbar, also called a wrecking bar, pry bar or prybar, pinch-bar, or occasionally a prise bar or prisebar, colloquially gooseneck, or pig bar, or in Australia a jemmy, is a lever consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flat ...
*A gooseneck flask (or
swan neck flask) is a flask used in biology that has a curved neck to trap particulate
* A
gooseneck trailer hitch, for commercial and agricultural use
*
Gooseneck (fixture), a type of flexible tubing used in
gooseneck lamps or microphone stands
* A kind of a
chopper motorcycle frame, which has the front part of frame (between the fuel tank and the fork) stretched
See also
*
William Madison McDonald (1866–1950), American politician, businessman and banker nicknamed "Gooseneck Bill"
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