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adjective
Date: 1652
having long slender legs <a spindle-legged table> <spindle-legged dogs>
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Spindle-legged — Spin dle legged , a. Having long, slender legs. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spindle-legged — [spin′dəlshaŋkt΄spin′dəlleg΄id, spin′dəllegd΄] adj. having thin legs: also spindle shanked [spin′dəlshaŋkt΄] * * * … Universalium
spindle-legged — [spin′dəlshaŋkt΄spin′dəlleg΄id, spin′dəllegd΄] adj. having thin legs: also spindle shanked [spin′dəlshaŋkt΄] … English World dictionary
spindle-legged — adjective having long slender legs • Syn: ↑spindle shanked • Similar to: ↑thin, ↑lean … Useful english dictionary
spindle-legged — having skinny legs … English contemporary dictionary
Spindle (furniture) — A Spindle, in furniture, is an cylindrically symmetric shaft, usually made of wood. A spindle is usually made of a single piece of wood and typically has decoration (also axially symmetric) fashioned by hand or with a lathe. The spindle was… … Wikipedia
spindle-shanked — adjective Date: 1593 spindle legged … New Collegiate Dictionary
spindle-shanked — adjective having long slender legs • Syn: ↑spindle legged • Similar to: ↑thin, ↑lean … Useful english dictionary
spindlelegs — spindle legged /spin dl leg id, legd /, adj. /spin dl legz /, n., pl. spindlelegs for 2. 1. (used with a pl. v.) long, thin legs. 2. (used with a sing. v.) Informal. a tall, thin person with such legs. [1640 50; SPINDLE + LEG + S3] * * * … Universalium
thin — adj 1. thinnish, lean, spare, attenuate, attenuated; narrow, slender, slim, gracile, svelte, lithe, graceful; slight, wispy, wisplike; skinny, twiggy, thin as a reed or rail, narrow as an arrow, thin as six o clock, slender as a thread, too… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
