spindle-legged

1. 1.

   having long slender legs

   Synonymsspindle-shanked

   Similarthin

Questions about spindle-legged

What does spindle-legged mean?

spindle-legged means "having long slender legs".

How many syllables are in spindle-legged?

spindle-legged has 3 syllables and divides as spind-le-leg-ged under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for spindle-legged?

Close synonyms include spindle-shanked. 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.