单词 | pigeon-toed |
释义 | pigeon-toedadj. 1. Esp. of a person or a horse: having toes or feet that turn inwards; turning the toes or feet inwards. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of foot hurleda1500 splay-footed1545 polt-foot?1589 polt-footed1589 club-footed1591 stump-foot1593 flat-footed1601 stump-footed1602 feetless1614 splay-foot1622 splatter-footeda1644 shauchled1737 hurl-footed1752 parrot-toed1764 splaw1767 pigeon-toed1786 bumble-footed1823 in-toed1835 chicken-toed1859 infooted1899 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [adjective] > having particular type of feet > in particular position when standing pigeon-toed1786 toe-wide1891 toe-narrow1903 1786 F. Pilon He would be Soldier ii. 23 No raw recruit on the first day of drilling was ever more pigeon-toed. 1801 Sporting Mag. 17 119 When the horse is pigeon-toed, that is turns his toes inwards. 1842 R. H. Barham Dead Drummer in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 196 The pigeon-toed step, and the rollicking motion, Bespoke them two genuine sons of the Ocean. 1910 J. Addams Twenty Years at Hull-House i. 7 I prayed..that the ugly, pigeon-toed little girl..would never be pointed out to these visitors as the daughter of this fine man. 1976 A. White Long Silence i. 6 It does my heart good to see these lads come here pigeon-toed and flat-chested and go out..holding themselves upright. 1991 Horse & Horseman July 35/3 The more splay-footed..or pigeon-toed..a horse is, the more caution should be taken. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of toes or claws > having particular type of zygodactylous1828 yoke-toed1831 zygodactyl1831 anisodactylic1834 zygodactylic1835 lark-heeled1837 short-toed1837 heterodactylous1854 pair-toed1868 sympelmous1885 pamprodactylous1889 pigeon-toed1890 pamprodactyl1934 synpelmous- 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) The pigeon-toed fowl are the mound-birds or Megapodidæ of the Old World and the curassows or Cracidæ of America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786 |
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