Noah Webster
Throat
THROAT, noun
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 which may be seen when the mouth is wide open.
2. In seamen's language, that end of a gaff which is next the mast.
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.
THROAT-brails, brails attached to the gaff, close to the mast.
THROAT-halliards, are those that raise the throat of the gaff.
THROAT, verb transitive To mow beans in a direction against their bending. [Local.]