peg legs
Wooden replacement limbs
Peg legs are wooden prosthetic legs, typically a simple post attached below the knee—the stereotypical appendage of pirates and old sailors.
The term extends to anyone with such a prosthesis or, informally, to any artificial leg.
A person with a peg leg may be called a peg leg: The old peg leg hobbled down the dock.
- amputationsSurgical limb removals
- limbsBody's major appendages
- BlackbeardFamous Caribbean buccaneer
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
- Captain HookPirate with metal appendage
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