Peg-leg

Full definition of peg-leg

Noun

1. A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.

Verb

1. To limp or hobble (as if having a wooden leg)

Adjective

1. Descriptive of one with such a leg. E.g. "Peg-leg Pete".

Alternative forms

• peg leg
• pegleg