Clāv'i-cle, n.

(klāv'i-kl), n. [Fr. clavicule, It. clavicola, from Lat. clavicula, a little key, diminutive of clavis, key.] (Anat.) The collar-bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder-blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breast-bone.