Definition of goosenecks:
(n) :
(often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
(n) :
(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.
(v) :
(transitive) To seal (a bag) securely by twisting, folding, and cinching or taping.
(n) :
Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife. [Lysimachia clethroides, a species of plant bearing many small white flowers.]
(n) :
Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle. [Any of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or its close relatives, filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone, with a long and muscular stalk, which is edible and considered a delicacy in several Mediterranean countries.]