spindleshanks

• Substantiv, das eine Person mit langen, dünnen Beinen oder solche Beine selbst bezeichnet.

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

unregelmäßiger Plural

1. A thin person with long thin legsC1informalbritish

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

   Dünner Mensch mit langen dünnen Beinen

   • 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.

   Synonymehatrackrailscarecrowspindlelegsstring bean

2. Long thin legsC1informalbritish

   Legs that are very long and thin in appearance.

   Lange dünne Beine

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

   Synonymespindlelegs