barelegged

[ bair-leg-id, -legd ]

adjective

1. with bare legs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of barelegged¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The boys were thinly clad, both were barelegged and barefooted.

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First I addressed a little girl, tow-headed and barelegged, in a single cotton garment.

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Sometimes the offender wore a repentance-gown of sackcloth; more frequently he stood or sat barefoot and barelegged.

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

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