Definition of Spindle-legged

1. Adjective. Having long slender legs.

Exact synonyms: Spindle-shanked
Similar to: Lean, Thin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spindle-legged

spinalis
spinalis capitis muscle
spinalis cervicis muscle
spinalis muscle
spinalis thoracis
spinally
spinals
spinant
spinar
spinarama
spinars
spinas
spinate
spindle
spindle-celled layer
spindle-legged (current term)
spindle-shanked
spindle-shaped
spindle-shaped muscle
spindle-tree family
spindle cataract
spindle cell
spindle cell carcinoma
spindle cell lipoma
spindle cell nevus
spindle cell sarcoma
spindle fibre
spindle horn
spindle tree
spindleberry

Literary usage of Spindle-legged

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

1. Historic Virginia Homes and Churches by Robert Alexander Lancaster (1915)
"... and Mrs. Washington's sitting-room, where the mantel- mirror, spindle-legged centre-table and some of the old furnishings are original. ..."

2. A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual by Myrta Lockett Avary (1903)
"The house was a house of spindle-legged chairs, spindle-legged piano, brass fire-dogs, fine dark woodwork, candelabra of brass and crystal, ..."

3. Art Decoration Applied to Furniture by Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1878)
"more, and are beginning to be cherished by us—the straight-backed narrow carved chairs, the long spindle-legged tables and fire-screens whose claw feet are ..."

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