Peg-leg
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Peg-leg is a noun meaning A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.
Meaning
A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.
More Meanings
- The user of a wooden leg.
- To limp or hobble (having or imitating having a wooden leg).
- (geology) To appear or detect in a discontinuous fashion.
Example Sentences
"Don't forget to bring the gun back tomorrow morning," Peg-leg said, peg-legging it back into the morgue.
Typically high velocity lithological units like salt, anhydrites or basalts are the dominating monolithic units where they occur. The chances of energy bouncing peg legging within them is a long shot.
With the wire line, except at great depths, the nearest parallel to the lift of a manila cable in a dry hole is "peg-legging" (alternate hitting and missing of the tools). Tools will peg-leg with the wire line, but should not be permitted to do so in a dry hole under ordinary conditions.
Word Forms
- peg-legs
- pegleg
- peg-legging
- peg-legged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pestle, pylon, footstick, pegger, puttie, peg-strip.
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