1663 S. Butler i. i. 31 To guard the magazine i' th' hose From two-legg'd and from four-legg'd foes.
1778 (Royal Soc.) 68 57 The whole being supported by a four-legged stand.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in 2nd Ser. I. 300 Louise..calling her little four-legged companion, had eagerly followed in the path.