spindle-shanked

• Veraltetes Adjektiv für eine Person mit langen, dünnen Beinen, oft mit der Nebenbedeutung von zerbrechlich oder unbeholfen.

An old-fashioned adjective describing a person with long, thin legs, often implying a frail or ungainly appearance.

1. Having long, thin legsC1informal

   Describes a person or animal with legs that are very long and slender, often in a way that looks somewhat fragile or disproportionate.

   Dünnbeinig

   • The spindle-shanked heron stood motionless in the shallow water.
   • He was a tall, spindle-shanked boy who seemed all knees and elbows.
   • The old horse was spindle-shanked but still surprisingly fast.

   Synonymeganglingganglylankyleggyspideryspindle-leggedspindly