Crossword clues for lameness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lameness \Lame"ness\, n. The condition or quality of being lame; as, the lameness of an excuse or an argument.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, from lame (adj.) + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A impediment to walking due to the feet or legs. 2 (context informal English) The quality of being lame, pathetic or uncool.
WordNet
n. disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet [syn: limping, gimp, gimpiness, gameness, claudication]
Wikipedia
Lameness is an abnormal gait or stance of an animal that is the result of dysfunction of the locomotor system. In the horse, it is most commonly caused by pain, but can be due to neurologic or mechanical dysfunction. Lameness is a common veterinary problem in racehorses, sport horses, and pleasure horses. It is one of the most costly health problems for the equine industry, both monetarily for the cost of diagnosis and treatment, and for the cost of time off resulting in loss-of-use.
Usage examples of "lameness".
My arms were well muscled from years of hauling myself around while compensating for the lameness of my leg.
So it seemed incumbent upon me to find ways of defending myself, which was no easy task considering my lameness of leg.
Believe it or not, it was as if my lameness of leg was forgotten, a minor thing, a triviality.
Suddenly all the lameness of my leg was completely forgotten as Entipy and I bolted.
Again I remarked his lameness and the soft padding sound of his footfall, and standing up in my place, I saw his feet as he went out.
He used to encourage me by saying that my lameness should be a spur to my intelligence.
I had found that the worst cases, with the acute lameness and the interdigital tissues pouting from toe or heel, were the ones that recovered quickest.
With the support of the plaster his lameness was vastly diminished, and I smiled.
I took a turn round the gardens and the found my host in the stables, talking to a girl in jodhpurs bout the lameness of one of the horses, whose solemn faces,, peering over their stable doors, put me in mind of the portrait the Sackbut family.
And there was here Jock Binning, who, for all his lameness and his crutches, could go where he wished.
Pearlie started laughing again, Smoke swung down from the saddle, exhausted by a long night ride to reach the herd as soon as he could, resting his Palouse more often on the return trip to spare it any bog spavins or other lameness.
There was some delay among the officers over the change of a horse, which had shown lameness, while the ringsters were all seated and waiting in their vehicles.
As occasionally happened in periods of stress, I tended to forget the lameness of my leg.