Leg
From Freepedia
Leg has multiple meanings:
- For the limbs of animals that support them above the ground:
- in the case of the legs of humans, see Human leg;
- in the case of the legs of horses, see Equine leg;
- in the case of the legs of crabs, lobsters, and their close relatives, see Crustacean leg;
- as to common attributes shared by the legs of many types of animals (and limited discussions of various animal legs not mentioned above), see Leg (anatomy).
- In terms of a human, to leg it, ie to run or flee
- For the supporting structures of tables, chairs, and the like, see Furniture.
- For structures providing three-point support, especially for equipment including an eyepiece, see Tripod.
- For strokes sloping downward from the core of the letters K and upper-case R, and for the "tail" of upper-case Q, see those individual letters' articles, or Leg (typography).
- For the "lines" making up angles or triangles, see Leg (geometry).
- The leg side of a cricket field.
- In finance, leg refers to a stream of cash flows in a swap.
- In the bootleg sense. Refering to importing illegal amounts of alcahol during the late 19th Century.
- For the rallying term, see leg (rallying).
- Leg (Netherlands), village in the municipality of Alphen-Chaam in the Netherlands
