limby

comparative limbier · superlative limbiest

1. Having many limbs, or branches.

   a limby tree

plural limbies

1. slangAn amputee, especially one who has lost a leg.

   All the golfers shown played in the N.Z. Annual "wingies" and "limbies" tournament, total number of competitors, 40.

   1968, George Bremner Abel, Walking Skills for Amputees, page 57

   2 more examples

   In May 1918, work by New Zealand 'limbies' shown in London at the Allied Conference on After Care of Disabled Soldiers was 'reported to be the best and most practical display in the whole exhibition.

   2013, Sandy Callister, The Face of War: New Zealand's Great War Photography, →ISBN

   Although there were three storeys, the 'limbies' like Hutton occupied the ground floor, 'so that there is no trouble climbing stairs'.

   2018, Anna Rogers, With Them Through Hell, →ISBN, page 202