Etymology

barelegged

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Today it means: Having uncovered legs. Full definition →

Middle English barelegyde
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombarelegyde
  2. English todaybarelegged

From Middle English barelegyde, barlegged, from the phrase bare legs, equivalent to bare + legged.

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