Emily Dickinson Lexicon

THROAT, n. [Sax. throta, throte; D. strote; Russ. grud.]

1. The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe or the passages for the food and breath. In medicine, the fauces; all that hollow or cavity in the part of the mouth which may be seen when the mouth is wide open. Cyc.
2. In seamen's language, that end of a gaff which is next the mast. Mar. Dict.
3. In ship-building, the inside of the knee-timber at the middle or turns of the arms; also, the inner part of the arms of an anchor where they join the shank; and the middle part of a floor-timber. Cyc. Throat-brails, brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. Throat-halliards, are those that raise the throat of the gaff. Mar. Dict.