deadleg English

Meaning deadleg meaning

What does deadleg mean?

deadleg noun

— A lazy or weak person.

— An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow.

— (sports) A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.

— (shipping) A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.

deadleg verb

— (transitive) To knee someone in the thigh.