What is "weasand"

Weasand \Wea"sand\, n. [OE. wesand, AS. w[=a]send; akin to OFries. w[=a]sende, w[=a]sande; cf. OHG. weisunt.] The windpipe; -- called also, formerly, wesil. [Formerly, written also, wesand, and wezand.]

Cut his weasand with thy knife.
--Shak.

n. 1 The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea. 2 The throat in general.

Weasand may refer to:

• Weasand, a term for the oesophagus, obsolete as regards human anatomy, but current in the meatpacking industry
  • Weasand clip, a device in meatpacking for closing off the weasand
• Weasand (comics), a minor adversary of Batman
• A geographical term denoting a narrow place
  • Weasand of Cados, a fictional location in Tales of Vesperia