bow leg

Questions about bow leg

What does bow leg mean?

bow leg means "outward curvature of the legs". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for bow leg?

Close synonyms include bow legs, bandy legs, bowleg, bandyleg, bandy leg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bow leg a common word?

bow leg is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.