Reminiscent of or befitting a maypole or a maypole dance; (of a person) tall and thin. rare.

Lanky, loose-jointed.

Very tall and thin, and loose-jointed or awkward in gait or bearing; = gangly, adj. 1.

Long and limp; tall and loose-jointed. Also in combination, as tangle-backed.

Awkwardly or ungracefully lean and long. †Also (of hair) somewhat lank (obsolete).

Tall, ‘lanky’.

colloquial. Cf. weed, n.1 9. With reference to a person's physique: tall and thin, esp. extremely or unhealthily so; lanky and lacking in physical…

With up: Overgrown in height or length in proportion to strength or stoutness.

Long and limp, or flaccid; feeble, flabby: = tangle, adj.

Originally U.S. Of an animal: adapted for or capable of ranging; having long limbs and a lean body.

Lanky.

Of a person or animal: very tall and thin, and loose-jointed or awkward in gait or bearing; lanky. Also: characteristic of such a person or…

Tall and awkward; ungainly; (also) gawping, staring.

resembling a spider.

In Kretschmer's system, designating a type of physique characterized by leanness and tallness.

in same sense.