Also calve-. [f. CALF2 + -LESS.] Of the leg: Destitute of calf; thin, lean.
a. 1528. Skelton, Poem agst. Garnesche, 30. Your longe lothy legges … as a kowe calfles.
1822. W. Irving, Braceb. Hall (1845), 269. Long, lean, calfless legs.
1860. Smiles, Self-Help, x. 256. Calveless legs and limp bodies.
