oxter

[ ok-ster ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. the armpit.

oxter

/ ˈɒkstə /

noun

1. dialect.
   the armpit

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxter¹

1490–1500; akin to Old English ōcusta armpit, Old Norse ( h ) ōstr throat

Word History and Origins

Origin of oxter¹

C16: from Old English oxta; related to Old High German Ahsala, Latin axilla

Example Sentences

You may have “The Lives of the Poets” under your oxter, young fellow, but you don’t have them in your head, so go home and read.

From The New Yorker

He says, How many Leaders have you under your oxter?

From Literature

A barth of new heather He bore on his shoulder, And a bundle of whitlow-grass Under his oxter.

From Project Gutenberg

It wasna very lang until I drew up; and, though she didna gie me ony great encouragement at first, yet, in a week or twa, after the ice was fairly broken, she became remarkably ceevil, and gied me her oxter on a Sunday.

From Project Gutenberg

And as she said this, she held up her oxter, as if to tak me below't.

From Project Gutenberg