Legbone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A bone in the leg.

    "They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling."

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"They looped ropes around the stiff legbones of the first cow and pulled her body toward the stoneboat, resting between spurts of hauling."

Etymology

From leg + bone.

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