spindle-shankn.

Forms: Also spindleshank, spindle shank.

Etymology: spindle n. Compounds 2a. Compare German spindelbeinLow German spil-, spillenbên, Dutch spillebeen.

1. A long and slender leg. (Chiefly with contemptuous force and usually in plural.)

a. Of persons.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of

spindle-shank1570

in the full1593

trapstick1680

mill-post1739

spider-leg1765

leglet1821

pin leg1862

pipestem1872

piano leg1894

scissor legs1920

1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. ii. i. sig. Bi^v But what if she finde fault with these spindle shankes?

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxiv. 97 Quicke riding..which so helped his spindle shankes.

1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 12 Slender wasts, spindle shanks, and swift of foot.

1700 Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. 480 I hope in my next, I shall be able to give a better account of my spindle-shanks.

1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 75. ⁋8 The Marriage of one of our Heiresses with an eminent Courtier, who gave us Spindle-Shanks, and Cramps in our Bones.

1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 311 His spindle shank a guid whip-lash.

1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1899) XIII. 293 He will find them [Frenchmen] almost invariably thin, with ludicrous spindle-shanks.

1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 89 They..are willowy in figure, and their legs run to spindle-shanks, almost ridiculously.

b. Of articles of furniture.

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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

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 268 A homely bedchamber, garnished..with chairs whose spindle-shanks bespoke their age.

2. transferred. A spindle-legged person.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of > person having

Longshanks1278

langbain?c1500

spindle-shank1602

spider-shanks1828

1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife ii. iii When didst thou see the starveling school-master?..that shrimp, that spindle~shank.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Spindle-shanks, a tall slender person; in contempt.

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Spindle-shanks, a nickname for any one who has thin legs.

3. attributive in the sense ‘having spindle-legs’.

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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

1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 25 The spindle-shank spiders, which show like great lechers with little-legs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spindle-shank
释义	spindle-shankn. Forms: Also spindleshank, spindle shank. Etymology: spindle n. Compounds 2a. Compare German spindelbeinLow German spil-, spillenbên, Dutch spillebeen. 1. A long and slender leg. (Chiefly with contemptuous force and usually in plural.) a. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of spindle-shank1570 in the full1593 trapstick1680 mill-post1739 spider-leg1765 leglet1821 pin leg1862 pipestem1872 piano leg1894 scissor legs1920 1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. ii. i. sig. Bi^v But what if she finde fault with these spindle shankes? 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxiv. 97 Quicke riding..which so helped his spindle shankes. 1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 12 Slender wasts, spindle shanks, and swift of foot. 1700 Locke in H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke (1876) II. 480 I hope in my next, I shall be able to give a better account of my spindle-shanks. 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 75. ⁋8 The Marriage of one of our Heiresses with an eminent Courtier, who gave us Spindle-Shanks, and Cramps in our Bones. 1786 R. Burns To Haggis in Poems & Songs (1968) I. 311 His spindle shank a guid whip-lash. 1840 W. M. Thackeray George Cruikshank in Wks. (1899) XIII. 293 He will find them [Frenchmen] almost invariably thin, with ludicrous spindle-shanks. 1898 G. W. Steevens With Kitchener to Khartum 89 They..are willowy in figure, and their legs run to spindle-shanks, almost ridiculously. b. Of articles of furniture. ΘΚΠ 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 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 268 A homely bedchamber, garnished..with chairs whose spindle-shanks bespoke their age. 2. transferred. A spindle-legged person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > leg > [noun] > types of > person having Longshanks1278 langbain?c1500 spindle-shank1602 spider-shanks1828 1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife ii. iii When didst thou see the starveling school-master?..that shrimp, that spindle~shank. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Spindle-shanks, a tall slender person; in contempt. 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Spindle-shanks, a nickname for any one who has thin legs. 3. attributive in the sense ‘having spindle-legs’. ΘΚΠ 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 1604 T. Middleton Blacke Bk. in Wks. (1885) VIII. 25 The spindle-shank spiders, which show like great lechers with little-legs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1570
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