clubfoot
Origin of clubfoot
1Other words from clubfoot
- clubfooted, adjective
Words Nearby clubfoot
Other definitions for club foot (2 of 2)
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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How to use clubfoot in a sentence
Tutankhamun has a reputation as a fragile young man who limped on a clubfoot.
King Tut’s tomb still has secrets to reveal 100 years after its discovery | Bruce Bower | November 2, 2022 | Science NewsHis annual holiday column alone, promoting little-known charities, has raised $21 million for groups that treat clubfoot, deworm children or repair devastating fistulas.
That he was also bisexual and deformed by a clubfoot further made his life one of varying accommodations and rebellions.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTclubfoot results when short tendons or contracted tendons pull the toes inward or outward with raising of the heel.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. SadlerThere's only two ways to handle a man like clubfoot Sneed: one is to kill him, and the other is to leave him alone.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert Knibbs
"Ole clubfoot Sneed lives up there," asserted Jimmy, pointing toward the distant ridge.
Partners of Chance | Henry Herbert KnibbsOld Counsellor clubfoot danced when he had a fit of the gout; you have seen no such pas seul in the theatre.
Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter ScottHe rolled and pressed them together till they formed a very small ball, and then he took off his clubfoot boot.
'19,000' | Burford Delannoy
British Dictionary definitions for club foot
a congenital deformity of the foot, esp one in which the foot is twisted so that most of the weight rests on the heel: Technical name: talipes
a foot so deformed
nautical a boom attached to the foot of a jib
Derived forms of club foot
- club-footed, adjective
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