hind leg
nounUK, US /haɪnd.lɛɡ/
1
Either of the two legs towards the rear of a multilegged animal.
- Coordinate term: foreleg
- “Can you hop on your hind legs?” asked the furry rabbit. That was a dreadful question, for the Velveteen Rabbit had no hind legs at all! The back of him was made all in one piece, like a pincushion. He sat still in the bracken, and hoped that the other rabbits wouldn’t notice.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- crooked as a dog's hind leg, stand up on one's hind legs, talk the hind leg off a donkey, talk the hind legs off a donkey