Dictionary

calfless en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæfləs/ (US)

Etymology

From calf (“back of the leg below the knee”) + -less.

Meanings

1. Having no or extremely reduced calves.
   • He gained friends elsewhere, and finally settled in Darmstadt, where he still found women's hearts susceptible, in spite of his small, weak frame, his great long neck, and his calfless legs, of which he writes: "And, oh, my calves, they might have done honour to a poodle!" 1903, Rupert Hughes, chapter XV, in The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume I:

Forms

calfless en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈkæfləs/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English calflees; equivalent to calf (“young cow”) + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without a calf, or young cow.
   • a calfless cow