peg leg
Timber below knee
A peg leg is a wooden prosthetic leg, especially the simple post-like kind associated with pirates in popular imagination.
By extension, peg leg refers to anyone with such a prosthesis or an artificial leg generally.
The term can be disparaging when applied to a person: Old peg leg over there used to be a marathoner.
Famous Caribbean buccaneer
- Long John SilverCunning one-legged pirate cook
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
Jolly Roger · treasure · cutlass · parrot · eyepatch · hook hand · plunder · marooned
Fabricated replacement for extremity
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- residual limbExtremity portion remaining post-amputation
- prosthetistArtificial limb technician
amputation · gait · ambulation · balance · rehabilitation · crutches · adaptation · mobility aid
Seafaring crew member
voyage · rigging · gangplank · quartermaster · naval · wooden ships · whaling · merchant marine
Adventure tale with pirates
- Peter PanEternal child who flies
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- illustrationPicture explaining something
Captain Ahab · adventure story · costume · Halloween · theater · portrayal · folklore · icon
Blackbeard
Famous Caribbean buccaneer
- Long John SilverCunning one-legged pirate cook
- buccaneerCaribbean colonial-era pirate
- swashbucklerDaring, flamboyant swordsman
corsair · Jolly Roger · treasure · cutlass · parrot · eyepatch · hook hand · plunder · marooned · sea shanty
artificial limb
Fabricated replacement for extremity
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- socketHollow receiving cavity
- residual limbExtremity portion remaining post-amputation
prosthetist · amputation · gait · ambulation · balance · rehabilitation · crutches · adaptation · mobility aid · straps
sailor
Seafaring crew member
maritime · voyage · rigging · gangplank · quartermaster · naval · wooden ships · whaling · merchant marine · naval battle
Treasure Island
Adventure tale with pirates
- Peter PanEternal child who flies
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
Captain Ahab · illustration · adventure story · costume · Halloween · theater · portrayal · folklore · icon · imagery
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- pirate talkahoy, arr, argh, aye, aye aye
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- swashbucklersswashbuckler, swashbucklers, swashbuckling, pirate, pirates
- pegsdowel, clothespin
leg, peg, legs, pegs, legged, legging, pegged, pegging, wooden leg