Sekirov Dictionary

peg-leg

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun2

A wooden leg, usually tapered, strapped onto the stump of an amputated leg.
The user of a wooden leg.

verb2

•
To limp or hobble (having or imitating having a wooden leg).
- "Don't forget to bring the gun back tomorrow morning," Peg-leg said, peg-legging it back into the morgue. — 2014
•
To appear or detect in a discontinuous fashion.
- Typically high velocity lithological units like salt, anhydrites or basalts are the dominating monolithic units where they occur. The chances of energy bouncing peg legging within them is a long shot. — 2017

forms

peg-legged · peg legging · peg-legging · peg legs · peg-legs

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