weasand

[ wee-zuh nd ]

/ ˈwi zənd /

throat.

esophagus; gullet.

trachea; windpipe.

Origin of weasand

before 1000; Middle English wesand, Old English wǣsend, variant of wāsend gullet; cognate with Old Frisian wāsande windpipe

Within the most starched cravat there passes a windpipe and weasand, and under the thickliest embroidered waistcoat beats a heart.

Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources |James Wood
I heard the breath squeak in his weasand; and Jack Gaunt pulled me off.

The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson |Robert Louis Stevenson
I was taken with my hand in the bag, and my knife in the weasand of the stiff'un.

The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 |Eugne Sue
Why, they'd as lief draw a cutlass over his weasand, as they'd smash a ship's biscuit.

Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece |Bracebridge Hemyng

"May the hangman squeeze her weasand, the little beggar," exclaimed the Chouette in a rage.

The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 |Eugne Sue

weasand

/ (ˈwiːzənd) /

a former name for the trachea

Old English wǣsend, wāsend; related to Old Frisian wāsenda, Old High German weisont vein, Danish vissen