pegleg

/ˈpɛɡˌlɛɡ/
noun
  1. A wooden artificial leg, typically used by someone who has lost a leg below the knee.
    • The old pirate story described a captain with a pegleg and a parrot on his shoulder.
    • After the accident, he learned to walk again using a pegleg.
    • Museums sometimes display historical peglegs made of oak or maple.
  2. A person who wears a wooden artificial leg.
    • In the film, the pegleg was a tough but kind-hearted sailor.
    • The children were fascinated by the pegleg who told them tales of the sea.
    • He was known in the village as the pegleg who could still dance at festivals.
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