kneepan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kneepan
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From the middle of the kneepan to the ground, twenty-five parts, three minutes.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
The patella, or kneepan, has no corresponding bone in the arm; and the carpus, or ankle, which corresponds to the wrist, contains seven instead of eight bones.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
This cut shows the peculiar deformity in breaks of this kind; see position of kneepan; also prominence of broken bone above ankle.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
Of the upper part of the leg: The rectus femoris, the large muscle on the front of the leg which connects at the lower end with the kneepan.
From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. Walters
Nobody knew as he did how each morsel of leather would behave itself under the needle, or could come within two hairbreadths of him in accuracy across the kneepan.
From Ralph the Heir by Anthony Trollope
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