bow legs

1. 1.

   outward curvature of the legs

   Synonymsbow legbandy legs

   Broaderdisability

Questions about bow legs

What does bow legs mean?

bow legs means "outward curvature of the legs".

What is another word for bow legs?

Close synonyms include bow leg, bandy legs. 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 legs a common word?

bow legs 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.