bow-leggedadj.

/ˈbəʊlɛɡd/

Etymology: < bow-legs + -ed suffix².

Having crooked or outwardly bent legs; bandy-legged. (Huloet identified it with knock-kneed.)

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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having

leglessc1390

bow-legged1552

crook-legged1580

shackle-hammed1592

baker-kneed1611

baker-legged1611

buckle-hammed1629

out-shinned1682

bandy-legged1688

crooked-legged1691

shackled-ham'd1733

badger-legged1738

tailor-legged1768

knock-kneed1774

scissor-legged1880

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowe legged, as he that hath his legges bowed inwarde, narrow at the knees.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 350 Wry legged, Vatiæ, and Vatinii (bow-legged).

1686 London Gaz. No. 2137/4 A black and white gelt Dog..bowe-leg'd.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3287/4 Talks very lowd, bow Legg'd, walks briskly.

1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature 28 When he walks in the erect posture, he turns the leg and foot outward, which occasions him..to seem bow-legged.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	bow-legged
释义	bow-leggedadj. /ˈbəʊlɛɡd/ Etymology: < bow-legs + -ed suffix². Having crooked or outwardly bent legs; bandy-legged. (Huloet identified it with knock-kneed.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having leglessc1390 bow-legged1552 crook-legged1580 shackle-hammed1592 baker-kneed1611 baker-legged1611 buckle-hammed1629 out-shinned1682 bandy-legged1688 crooked-legged1691 shackled-ham'd1733 badger-legged1738 tailor-legged1768 knock-kneed1774 scissor-legged1880 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bowe legged, as he that hath his legges bowed inwarde, narrow at the knees. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 350 Wry legged, Vatiæ, and Vatinii (bow-legged). 1686 London Gaz. No. 2137/4 A black and white gelt Dog..bowe-leg'd. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3287/4 Talks very lowd, bow Legg'd, walks briskly. 1863 T. H. Huxley Evid. Man's Place Nature 28 When he walks in the erect posture, he turns the leg and foot outward, which occasions him..to seem bow-legged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1552
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