spindle-leggedadj.
= spindle-shanked adj.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [adjective] > types of > having
jamby?a1400
well-legged1566
spindle-shankedc1600
spindle-shank1604
post-legged1608
splay-legged1638
duck-legged1650
stalk-legged1659
long-limbed1660
sharp-shinned1704
spindle-legged1710
leggy1776
red-legged1817
flamingo-legged1862
thick-legged1873
split-up1874
pin-legged1884
lank-legged1906
straddly1921
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [adjective] > types of furniture generally > as having specific parts
two-leaved1610
two-leaf1634
fall-down1823
marble-topped1840
spindle-shank1841
spindle-shanked1849
spindle-legged1863
marble-top1869
armed1878
roll-top1884
monopod1890
break-front1928
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 148. ⁋2 Many great families..are dwindled away into a pale, sickly, spindle-legged generation of valetudinarians.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. Spindle-legs,..a spindle-legged person.
1863 M. E. Braddon J. Marchmont i It seemed as if the spindle-legged chairs and tables had grown attenuated..by much service.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1710