Axilla
Axilla is the anatomical name for the armpit.
To more comfortably retrieve Jeremiah from a cistern, Ebed-melech providing the prophet with rags and worn-out clothes to cushion his axillae.
Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes"; and Jeremiah did so. (Jeremiah 38:12, NASB
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