What is "hindleg"

Usage examples of "hindleg".

He trotted forward and, lifting again his hindleg, pissed quick short at an unsmelt rock.

She shoveled at the snow, dragging great armfuls alongside and between the forelegs, then the hindlegs, of her dead mount.

The bees chose their flowers, the snub kids Upon hindlegs went sportive, or plied, Nosing, hard at the dugs to be filled: There was milk, honey, music to make: Up their branches the little birds billed: Chirrup, drone, bleat and buzz ringed the lake.

Next came the orange tabby, skipping eagerly forward on its hindlegs, rushing through the door.