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Meanings of bow leg in English

Wikidata

A leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

Catalan
cames arquejades

Outward curvature of the legs.

cames arquejades
Usage of bow leg in English
1
Arthur strutted out of my bedroom on his sturdy, slightly bowed legs.
With friends like these
2
You know he's a very short, fat little man with bow legs.
Anne of the Island
3
He waddled in upon his bow legs, and the two exchanged hearty greetings.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01
4
The physical symptoms of rickets are bow legs and pigeon breast.
The Irish Times
5
West glared at Morse, his heavy chin outthrust, his bowed legs wide apart.
Man-Size
6
It was Corporal Nurylbayev, a tall, potbellied man with bowed legs.
Beautiful assassin
7
Human children, their grotesque little bowed legs bare, played in the nearby dirt.
The Irda (Children of the Stars)
8
He weaves slightly on bowed legs, casting an uneven light from the swinging lantern.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
9
Jones stood firm on slightly bowed legs, the battleaxe turning lightly in his hands.
Immortality Inc.
10
Specially, he ain't so good at ridin'-youknow what bowed legs he's got, Kate?
The Night Horseman
11
That was the beginning of the Bow Leg Mountains.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
12
Chest and shoulders were immense, the arms too long, the slightly bowed legs too short.
A Soldier of the Legion
13
The woman was young, of white blood, very short, with bowed legs and enormous shoulders.
Allan's Wife
14
Then he climbs down, slips his hand inside Pete's, and ambles off on bowed legs.
WATER FOR ELEPHANT
15
As we humans became bipedal, our legs straightened, unlike the bowed legs of a chimp.
Human
16
Dark-mantled and hump-backed, he had bowed legs and a head shaped like a black mattock.
Genellan: planetfall
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