barelegged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of barelegged
First recorded in 1325–75, barelegged is from the Middle English word barlegged. See bare 1, legged
Example Sentences
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One sport known for its barelegged shorts is soccer, and these shorts evoke the colorful, crested uniforms of the game.
From New York Times
But when it ends with that mother wading barelegged through five inches of snow to reach you, it’s everything a story should be.
From The Guardian
For this show, there’s candlelight everywhere, and stunning barelegged men and women with lots of eye makeup walking around in furs and heels.
From Washington Post
In December 1935, a Washington Post reporter spied “a barelegged young man in a pair of midsummer shorts and a pair of woolen gloves” scampering around a tennis court, “oblivious to the 12-degree-above-zero weather.”
From Washington Post
When Ella showed the cover of my book “Maine,” a picture of a barelegged woman reclining on a beach, two boys shouted, “That’s inappropriate!”
From New York Times
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