leg

leg (http://definr.com/leg)

     n 1: a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but
          technically only the part between the knee and ankle
     2: a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and
        used for locomotion
     3: one of the supports for a piece of furniture
     4: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of
        the branches"; "they took the south fork" [syn: branch,
        fork]
     5: the limb of an animal used for food
     6: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg [syn: peg, {wooden
        leg}, pegleg]
     7: cloth covering consisting of the part of a garment that
        covers the leg
     8: (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a
        single tack
     9: a section or portion of a journey or course; "then we
        embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise"
        [syn: stage]