legger

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bootlegger. informal
    — Oh, you mean the ex-legger the eldest girl picked up and went and married.
  2. A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic. UK,obsolete
  3. Something having the specified number of legs. in-compounds
    — Won't your ladyship condescend to use a three legger. (offers a stool)

词形变化

leggers plural

词汇关系

相关词
thousand-legger

词源

Etymology tree
English leg
English -er
English legger
From leg + -er.
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