club foot

American  

noun

Furniture.

1. a knoblike foot formed from the end of a cabriole leg as a continuation of its lines: less flat than a pad foot but otherwise similar.

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club foot British  

noun

1. Technical name: talipes.  a congenital deformity of the foot, esp one in which the foot is twisted so that most of the weight rests on the heel

2. a foot so deformed

3. nautical a boom attached to the foot of a jib

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Other Word Forms

• club-footed adjective

Example Sentences

Born with talipes, or club foot, which stunted the growth of his right foot and leg, he struggled to find two shoes which fitted well when he was younger.

From BBC

"He has a hernia on his hip the size of a tennis ball, a hole in his heart, no kneecaps, no tibia bone in both of his legs, club foot and a cyst on the bottom of his spine."

From BBC

Fellow Corby mother, Maggie Mahon, whose son was born with a club foot, said seeing the show was "emotional".

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"One of the main dangers within breeding programs for some horses is inbreeding, which happens when mating animals are too closely related; in horses, it can cause genetic defects like club foot and loss of fertility," Cothran explained.

From Science Daily

However, Dr Brier - known as "Mr Mummy" for his expertise in mummification - now questions the idea that Tutankhamun had a club foot, from looking at his bones.

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