half-legadj.

U.S.

Half the height of a man's leg. In phr. half-leg deep, half-leg high.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > half length of leg

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1752 J. Hempstead Diary 5 Dec. (1998) 584 A great Snow knee Deep..Last night & ys morning half Leg Deep & more.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 112 Natty, makin' his way, through the bushes, half-leg deep.

1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. i. 13 The snow was lying about half-leg deep.

1852 G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 65, I have a little corn half leg high.

1855 G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 133 The spring branch newground [is] knee high, spring branch cut half leg.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2015).

单词	half-leg
释义	half-legadj. U.S. Half the height of a man's leg. In phr. half-leg deep, half-leg high. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > half length of leg half-leg1752 1752 J. Hempstead Diary 5 Dec. (1998) 584 A great Snow knee Deep..Last night & ys morning half Leg Deep & more. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 112 Natty, makin' his way, through the bushes, half-leg deep. 1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. i. 13 The snow was lying about half-leg deep. 1852 G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 65, I have a little corn half leg high. 1855 G. N. Jones Florida Plantation Rec. (1927) 133 The spring branch newground [is] knee high, spring branch cut half leg. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2015). < adj.1752
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