four-legged

[ fawr-leg-id, -legd, fohr- ]

adjective
  1. having four legs.

  2. Nautical. (of a schooner) having four masts.

Origin of four-legged

1
First recorded in 1655–65

Words Nearby four-legged

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How to use four-legged in a sentence

  • Whether four-legged or two-legged it was impossible to say because of the gloom.

    Queensland Cousins | Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
  • The beaver tribe are considered wisest of the smaller four-legged tribes, and they are a people of great common-sense.

  • "Take that, you four-legged night thief," he said aloud, and hurled the assegai in his hand straight at her.

    Swallow | H. Rider Haggard
  • Were being eaten up by a great four-legged beastget down, Reno!

  • A minute later the Mink appeared, his hair all plastered close till he looked like a four-legged Snake.

    Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson Seton