duck-legged
Waddling gait describes
Duck-legged describes someone with short legs, particularly legs that appear disproportionately short relative to the body—suggesting the squat, waddling stance of a duck.
The term is mildly disparaging: a duck-legged little man.
It can also describe furniture with short, curved legs.
bowlegged
Having outward-curving legs
compact · low-slung · bandy · stubby · waddle · gait · stance · posture · stout · barrel-chested
cabriole
Leaping dance step
- Queen AnneEnglish monarch, furniture period
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- antiqueOld valued collectible
chair · table · lowboy · highboy · sideboard · commode · bench · stool · carved · ornate