spindleshanks

• اسم يُطلق على الشخص ذي الساقين الطويلتين النحيفتين، أو على الساقين أنفسهما إذا كانتا طويلتين ونحيفتين.

A noun referring to a person with long, thin legs, or the legs themselves.

جمع شاذ

1. A thin person with long thin legsC1informalbritish

   A person, often used humorously or derogatorily, who has very slender, long legs.

   شخص نحيل طويل الساقين

   • He was a bit of a spindleshanks, all knees and elbows.
   • The old man, a spindleshanks, walked with a careful gait.
   • She called her lanky brother a spindleshanks.

   المرادفاتhatrackrailscarecrowspindlelegsstring bean

2. Long thin legsC1informalbritish

   Legs that are very long and thin in appearance.

   أرجل طويلة نحيلة

   • The spider had remarkable spindleshanks.
   • He stretched out his spindleshanks under the table.
   • The foal stood on wobbly spindleshanks.

   المرادفاتspindlelegs