English Explanatory Dictionary

dead leg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blow to the upper thigh, crushing the muscle against the bone and crushing the nerve cluster next to the quadriceps. Also, the resulting injury.
  2. Alternative form of deadleg (isolated section of pipe with no outflow).
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, leg.

Word forms

dead leg dead legs
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