- a curved object resembling the neck of a goose, often of flexible construction, as in the shaft of a gooseneck lamp.
- a curved piece at the foot of a boom, attached to a mast by a vertical pivot and itself having a horizontal pivot so that the boom can be pointed in a wide angle vertically or horizontally.
- a vertical continuation of the handrail of a flight of stairs, terminating in a short horizontal part on the top of a newel post.
- a pivot between the forward end of a boom and a mast, to allow the boom to swing freely
- something in the form of a neck of a goose
