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

One sport known for its barelegged shorts is soccer, and these shorts evoke the colorful, crested uniforms of the game.

From New York Times

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 Literature

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

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