A limb or member of an
animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and
swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and
foot.
That which resembles a leg in form or use;
especially, any long and slender support on which any object rests;
as, the leg of a table; the leg of a pair of compasses
or dividers.
The part of any article of clothing which
covers the leg; as, the leg of a stocking or of a pair of
trousers.
A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a
leg; probably from drawing the leg backward in bowing.
A disreputable sporting character; a
blackleg.
The course and distance
made by a vessel on one tack or between tacks.
An extension of the
boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical
plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and
serving to support the boiler; -- called also water
leg.
The case
containing the lower part of the belt which carries the
buckets.
A fielder whose position
is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.