spindleshanks

• Nom désignant une personne ayant de longues et fines jambes, ou ces jambes elles-mêmes.

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

pluriel irrégulier

1. A thin person with long thin legsC1informalbritish

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

   Personne maigre aux longues jambes

   • 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.

   Synonymeshatrackrailscarecrowspindlelegsstring bean

2. Long thin legsC1informalbritish

   Legs that are very long and thin in appearance.

   Jambes longues et fines

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

   Synonymesspindlelegs