Originally: the part of the spine in the neck; the cervical spine. Later also: each of the individual bones of this part of the spine; a cervical vertebra.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Sir Tristrem. From neck + bone.
Definition of neck-bone in US English:
neck-bone
nounˈnɛkbəʊn
Originally: the part of the spine in the neck; the cervical spine. Later also: each of the individual bones of this part of the spine; a cervical vertebra.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Sir Tristrem. From neck + bone.