leg jointn.
/ˈlɛɡ dʒɔɪnt/, U.S. /ˈlɛɡ ˌdʒɔɪnt/ 1.
a. Anatomy and Zoology. Any of the articulations or joints in a leg.
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1705 London Gaz. No. 4209/4 A very dark bay Gelding,..off Leg Joint above the Fetterlock large hard swell'd old Grief, and a white Foot behind.
1732 R. Bradley Country Housewife & Lady's Director II. 64 Take a Shoulder of Mutton or Lamb, of the smallest size, and slip up the Skin almost to the Leg-Joint; then cut the Flesh from the Bone.
1820 Imperial Weekly Gaz. & Westm. Jrnl. 16 Sept. His treading on a plum-stone,..caused him to fall, and break his leg joint above the ancle.
1867 Aberdeen Jrnl. 3 Apr. 6/1 With the ancients it was an undisputed fact, accredited alike by poet and philosopher, that the elephant had no leg joints.
1921 Amer. Cookery Oct. 204/2 To prepare a chicken for frying, cut at the leg joint, removing feet.
1961 Sci. News Let. 19 Aug. 120/1 The Mexican bean beetle..bleeds at the leg joints whenever he is attacked by his enemies such as ants.
2014 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 19 Feb. 19 The activity [sc. cycling] significantly reduces the impact on the leg joints and uses muscles differently to how they are used when running.
b. A joint in the leg of a man-made object such as piece of furniture, tripod, etc.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > joint > types of
gemew?a1400
match-joint1683
matched joint1688
joggle1703
water joint1810
pin-joint1835
shackle-joint1837
screw shackle1847
through-joint1851
joggling1858
leg joint1858
splice1875
bed-joint1876
butting joint1887
saddle joint1901
contraction joint1909
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > parts of furniture generally > leg or support > joint
leg joint1885
1858 Engineer 26 Mar. 242/1 The three pairs of cheeks..between which the leg joints work, cannot, as wear goes on, be properly tightened.
1885 Furnit. Gaz. 1 Mar. 190/2 A feature that recommends these chairs for export is an iron-screw leg-joint, by the employment of which glue is altogether dispensed with.
1982 Black Enterprise Aug. 65/2 For stability, woodblocks should be used wherever the wood is joined at an angle (for example, at the leg joint on the base of a table or chair).
2009 S. Sint Digital Portrait Photogr. ix. 191/1 The leg joint you grab will fold in a bit when you lift the tripod and then reopen as the tripod is being moved.
2. A joint of meat consisting of (a portion of) the leg of an animal; (also) a large piece of meat which has been removed from around a leg bone and then rolled and secured with string prior to cooking.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > leg or thigh
pestlea1425
leg?c1425
gigot1526
gybot1597
ham1650
leg joint1825
skinka1918
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > cut or piece of meat > [noun] > rolled meat
collar1612
fillet1700
leg joint1825
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Skink-hough The leg-joint or shin of beef used in making the soup called skink.
1889 J. K. Rassweiler Teachers' Man. & Pupils' Text Bk. on Anat., Physiol., & Hygiene 17 Get a leg joint at the butcher's.
1909 J. Curtin Journey S. Siberia xi. 156 Our fathers exchanged cups of red wine and the leg joint of a bullock and made this agreement.
1983 G. Lord Tooth & Claw viii. 59 Once she'd cooked a huge leg joint in the copper.
2010 Illustr. Cook's Bk. of Ingredients 119 (table) Leg joints, bone-in or boneless: roast for 25-30 min per 1 lb (450 g).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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