| 单词 | broken-kneed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbroken-kneed broken-kneed adj. Farriery having the knees damaged by stumbling, etc.; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > of the legs > having particular type of hock cat-hammed1695 broken-kneed1702 cow-hocked1827 knee-sprung1875 1702 London Gaz. No. 3814/4 Grey Gelding..broken Knee'd. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VI ci. 51 His speech grew still more broken-kneed. 1876 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto xv. 167 He rode a broken-kneed Exmoor pony. broken-kneed a. Furnished with knees: chiefly in parasynthetic compounds, as broken-kneed, feeble-kneed, weak-kneed, knock-kneed adj. ΚΠ 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 186 That loose kneed, signifies lascivious, and baker kneed, effeminate. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 57 My Breeches..were..open knee'd. 1904 E. M. Forster in Independent Rev. Mar. 280 They are so weak-chested and anæmic and feeble-kneed. < as lemmas |
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