English Explanatory Dictionary

peg-leg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.
  2. The user of a wooden leg.
verb
  1. To limp or hobble (having or imitating having a wooden leg).
  2. To appear or detect in a discontinuous fashion.

Word forms

peg-leg peg-legs peg leg pegleg peg-legging peg-legged

Translations

Finnish: puujalka French: jambe de bois German: Holzbein Ingrian: puujalka Italian: gamba di legno Polish: drewniana proteza nogi Spanish: pata de palo
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