That part of the leg which extends from the knee to the ankle; the tibia or shinbone. Also (now jocularly) the leg as a whole; chiefly plural one's…

The lower limb of the human body, or the part of the lower limb between the hip and the ankle. Also spec. (Anatomy): the part of the lower limb…

plural. The fork of the body, the lower limbs.

= leg, n. Now only (esp. U.S.) in mock-modest or prudish use.

The entire leg (of a person or animal), from the hip to the tips of the toes or to the hoof. In early use also †great foot. Cf. hand, n. 1d. Now Car…

Jocularly used for: A leg. Chiefly in to stir one's stumps, to walk or dance briskly, †to do one's duty zealously.

Other concrete uses. colloquial. Chiefly in plural. A leg. on one's pins: walking, up and about, in good health. shaky (also firm,etc.) on one's pins…

The leg of various animals, used as food, esp. the ham, haunch, or (occasionally) the foreleg of a pig. Also: †the human leg (obsolete). Now rare (B…

A limb, leg. Scottish.

slang. plural. (See quots.)

A leg or foot. Obsolete.

figurative. A neck, leg, etc. Obsolete. rare.

In plural. A person's legs. In later use humorous or slang. Obsolete.

A person's leg or foot. slang in later use.

transferred and figurative: esp. (plural) applied to the legs.

transferred of a human being.

figurative and in figurative contexts. humorous. A person's foot or leg. Frequently in plural. Obsolete.

figurative and humorous. A person's leg. Frequently in plural.

A person's leg. Frequently in plural.

spec. A wooden leg: cf. timber-toe n. at compounds 2; hence transferred a leg. slang.

transferred. In plural. The two upright posts of a gallows; also humorously, in singular, a man's leg; particularly, a wooden leg.

A forking, bifurcation, or division into branches; the point at which anything forks. Hence, each of the… In the human body, the part at which the…

slang and regional. Chiefly in plural (a) A leg; (b) an arm, esp. as extended in boxing; (hence) a straight hit (now rare).

In plural. The lower or bottom parts; the lower limbs or bodily organs; garments or covering for the lower half of the body.

With plural agreement. Legs.

slang or colloquial. plural. Legs or feet.

colloquial. In plural. A person's legs.

Of the (usually human) body: lower; of or belonging to the lower or bottom part; esp. in nether garment, nether man, nether person.

slang. In plural. A person's legs. Obsolete.

Of the (usually human) body: lower; of or belonging to the lower or bottom part; esp. in nether garment, nether man, nether person.

spec. (U.S. slang), the legs. Chiefly in plural. Cf. under-pinner, n.2

A leg or knee. slang (originally U.S.).

a leg.

British slang. Short for Scotch peg n. at compounds 2.

A support or prop; figurative a leg.

Applied to various objects resembling the stem of a plant or of a flower, etc. (Cf. stalk, n.1 4 5.) plural. The legs. slang.

humorously, Coryate's compasses: one's legs.

colloquial. A wooden leg; (also more generally) a leg. Cf. peg leg, n., pin, n.1 5a.

U.S. slang (originally Criminals'). A leg. Chiefly in plural.

In various slang uses. A human leg. U.S.