spindle-shanked. Also found in: Thesaurus . Thesaurus AntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch to new thesaurus. Adj. 1. spindle-shanked - having long slender legs. spindle-legged. lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare.

spindle-shanked: 1 adj having long slender legs Synonyms: spindle-legged lean , thin lacking excess flesh

spindle-shanked - having long slender legs spindle-legged lean , thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

See spindle-shanks. ‘The figure of Horatio Nelson, slender, one-armed, eccentric, spindle-shanked and awkward, bestrides our naval history.’. More example sentences. ‘A spindle-shanked figure came into view, bent against the wind.’. ‘He suffered from poor digestion, and is said to have been spindle-shanked.’. ‘A brown-haired, spindle-shanked human with a flowing beard of …

Definition of spindleshanks. 1 : long slender legs. 2 singular or plural in construction : a person having long slender legs.

spindle-shanked - having long slender legs spindle-legged lean , thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

spindle-shanked. ( archaic, derogatory) Thin and lanky, with long legs.