Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leg-rope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: leg-rope
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fasten a leg, usually of an animal, with a rope.

Example Sentences

"I never used to bother to leg-rope her, and being by this time an adept in milking, would swank for the benefit of the aforesaid select borders."

Inflected Forms

leg-ropes (present, singular) leg-roping (participle, present) leg-roped (participle, past) leg-roped (past)

Questions

What does leg-rope mean?: To fasten a leg, usually of an animal, with a rope.

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