deadleg

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A lazy or weak person.

   • I was a bit of a deadleg in them days. You know, footloose and inclined to be rather flirtatious with the ladies.
   • "I can tell you now, he's a no-good," said the Liverpool D.C.I. "His form is nothing to speak of, but he's the errand lad and head butterer-up for a deadleg called Pete Garside.
   • For the next year Liz lived alone with Lindy, occasionally consorting with 'more deadlegs', one of whom bruised Lindy when he had been drinking.
2. 2

   An isolated section of pipeline that does not usually carry a flow.

   • There should be minimum deadleg between the valve and main process unit and, if possible, means for cleaning the deadleg.
   • The pig trap was just under forty feet long, but the final six-foot section was a deadleg.
   • Since air is denser than steam at sterilization temperatures, air will be displaced downward in the deadleg.
3. 3

   Alternative form of dead leg (injury to the upper thigh)

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   1. 4

      A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is…

      A movement in which the hips and knees are kept straight and stiff and the ankle is flexed.

   2. 5

      A vehicle that is traveling on a leg of its route in which it does not carry any cargo.

      • Companies can transport on a nationwide basis but usually only carry their products out and have a deadleg on the return trip, e.g., the sugar distributors.
      • Our convoy appeared as a huge centipede, winding its way uphill that had acquired various deadlegs at random.
   3. 6

      To knee someone in the thigh.

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