saberleg

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Noun[edit]

saberleg (plural saberlegs)

  1. Alternative form of saber leg
    • 1953, House & Garden, Complete Guide to Interior Decoration, page 223:
      The furnishings have a quiet charm: an old Franklin stove and over it an octagonal wall clock, graceful saberleg chairs and a Victorian table, oil lamps converted for electricity.
    • 2019, Russell H. Greenan, The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton, page 67:
      When I bade him sit, he selected the daintiest chair in the room—one with saberlegs—and perched on it like a white-breasted dark-blue bird.