Definition of Redleg

1. n. The redshank.

Definition of Redleg

1. Noun. A bird, the redshank. ¹

2. Noun. A bird, the turnstone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Redleg

1. a bird with red legs [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redleg

rediverts
redivide
redivided
redivider
redividers
redivides
redividing
redivision
redivisions
redivivus
redivorce
redivorced
redivorces
redivorcing
redledgeite
redleg (current term)
redlegs
redlight
redline
redlined
redliner
redliners
redlines
redlining
redlinings
redly
redmaids
redmouth
redneck
rednecked

Literary usage of Redleg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shooting, Yachting, and Sea-fishing Trips, at Home and on the Continent by Lewis Clements (1877)
"CHAPTER V. redleg SHOOTING IN NORFOLK. IT was towards the end of August, when passers-by (had there been any) might have observed ..."

2. The New Sporting Magazine (1835)
"All in a line to tho ropes, where Kate, redleg, and Heberle singled themselves out. A pretty struggle followed, Kate beating redleg by half a length, ..."

3. Racing Calendar by Robert J. Hunter (1835)
"Ileen ; Ld Chesterfield's bf by Partisan, out of St Julien's dam ; Col. Peel's bc Weathercock ; and The winner was claimed. •5 to 4 agst redleg, 5 to 2 agst ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The government is vested in a board of trustees. They hold office four years. Pop. 13000 (government estimate). redleg, one of the best known of Old World ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The government is vested in a board of trustees. They hold office four yean. Pop. 13000 (government estimate). redleg, one of the best known of Old World ..."

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