barelegged

[ bair-leg-id, -legd ]

adjective, adverb
  1. with bare legs.

Origin of barelegged

1
First recorded in 1325–75, barelegged is from the Middle English word barlegged.See bare1, legged

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How to use barelegged in a sentence

  • Her garment was already high and free, for she, too, was barelegged like himself.

    Day and Night Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • The boys were thinly clad, both were barelegged and barefooted.

    The Bondman | Hall Caine
  • First I addressed a little girl, tow-headed and barelegged, in a single cotton garment.

    Desert Dust | Edwin L. Sabin
  • Sometimes the offender wore a repentance-gown of sackcloth; more frequently he stood or sat barefoot and barelegged.

  • I still observe little girls and other children barelegged and barefooted on the wet sidewalks.