gooseneck

Etymology

goose + neck

noun

1. (often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
   A gooseneck lamp can be swiveled around an object, allowing a good examination of all its surfaces.
   The gooseneck microphone. Mounted to the desk or to the side wall of the booth, the gooseneck offers a limited degree of flexibility for height and depth adjustment of the microphone. 1961, James S. Holton, Sound Language Teaching: The State of the Art Today, page 77
2. (nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
3. Short for gooseneck barnacle.