spindle-shanked

Variant of spindle-legged

spindle-legged definition

spindle-legged (-leg′id, -legd′)

adjective

having thin legs
also spindle-shanked spin′dle-shanked′ (-s̸haŋkt′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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