bare·leg·ged

(bâr′lĕg′ĭd, -lĕgd′)

adv. & adj.

With the legs uncovered: ran barelegged through the surf; barelegged children on the beach.

bare′leg′ged·ness n.

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barelegged

(ˌbɛəˈlɛɡd)

adj

having uncovered legs

adv

with uncovered legs

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bare•leg•ged

(ˈbɛərˌlɛg ɪd, -ˌlɛgd)

adj., adv.

with bare legs.

[1325–75]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

barelegged - having the legs uncovered by clothing; "barelegged children on the beach"

unclothed - not wearing clothing

Translations

barelegged

[ˈbɛəˈlegɪd] ADJ → con las piernas descubiertas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

barelegged

[ˌbɛəˈlɛgd] adj → a gambe scoperte

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Tom flung off his jacket and trousers, turned a suspender into a belt, raked away some brush behind the rotten log, dis- closing a rude bow and arrow, a lath sword and a tin trumpet, and in a moment had seized these things and bounded away, barelegged, with fluttering shirt.

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Not only did he not wear pants, and was barefooted and barelegged, but about his middle, just like any black, he wore a brilliant-coloured loin- cloth, that, like a kilt, fell nearly to his sunburnt knees.

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A strapping, ruddy girl was beating flax or some such stuff in a little bit of a good-box of a barn, and she swung her flail with a will--if it was a flail; I was not farmer enough to know what she was at; a frowsy, barelegged girl was herding half a dozen geese with a stick--driving them along the lane and keeping them out of the dwellings; a cooper was at work in a shop which I know he did not make so large a thing as a hogshead in, for there was not room.

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I have seen grown men weeing and fighting in the street and passersby not batting an eyelid, but me barelegged in nearly-November?

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Having been active in the colonization of Ireland, Lee is portrayed barelegged like an Irish foot soldier, but with a fancy embroidered shirt and a pistol and helmet that signify his high rank as a British officer.

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