White-hot, liquid cast iron from a blast furnace is run into the converter through its open necklike top O, the converter being tipped over to receive it; the air blast is then turned on and the converter rotated to a nearly vertical position.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference

It was while standing at this very spot and looking down on the peculiar necklike bend of the lake, that Stackpole gave it the name, Goose Neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49] Reference