barelegged

American  

[bair-leg-id, -legd] / ˈbɛərˌlɛg ɪd, -ˌlɛgd /

adjective

1. with bare legs.

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Etymology

Origin of barelegged

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

Example Sentences

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 • Feb. 2, 2019

“The ads run the risk of making light of the condition, and they aren’t really believable,” said Ms. Muller, who also objected to the scenes of the product on barelegged models.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2012

Barefoot and barelegged as usual, Mr. Dr. Mary Louise Boillin, research assistant at Columbia's Teachers College, last week propounded an accurate formula to figure any woman's proper weight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout the smiling countryside, barelegged children, plump and rosy, waved to sleek, swift trains running on Swiss-clocklike schedule.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now the two of us watched the snow fall: barefoot, barelegged Georgie, half naked, with feathers in his hair; me with my long braid, and Lissa’s sweatshirt over Miss Lilian’s flowered skirt.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn