spindle-shanked
- adjective
- /ˈspɪndəl ʃæŋkt/
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delgado
- In the meadow, I spotted a spindle-shanked deer elegantly moving through the tall grass.
Examples
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As the runner sprinted down the track, his spindle-shanked legs helped him gain speed rapidly.
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Hank preferred double-breasted suits with padded shoulders—in fashion or not—because they filled out his spindle-shanked frame.
Fiction book (1990) -
The tall dancer had spindle-shanked legs that gave her a graceful appearance on stage.
Synonyms
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6.2
Long, thin, and looking weak, often said about plants or people
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4.6
A person or animal with long legs compared to the rest of the body
A thing like a chair or bird with long, thin legs that look delicate
A person or animal with long legs
How Slender
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6.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spindle-shanked comes from spindle, a 'thin rod used to spin thread', and shank, meaning 'lower leg', so it paints the picture of legs like narrow spindles. That's why spindle-shanked means having long, slender legs.