Leg - Definition
leg
n 1: a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but
technically only the part of the limb between the knee and
ankle
2: a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and
used for locomotion
3: one of the supports for a piece of furniture
4: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of
the branches" [syn: branch, leg, ramification]
5: the limb of an animal used for food
6: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: peg, wooden
leg, leg, pegleg]
7: a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers
that covers a person's leg
8: (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a
single tack
9: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise" [syn:
stage, leg]