Crossword clues for monopod
Wiktionary
n. A portable stand with one leg, used to support a camera or telescope.
Wikipedia
A monopod, also called a unipod, is a single staff or pole used to help support cameras, video cameras, binoculars, rifles or other precision instruments in the field.
thumb|upright=0.8|Sciapod protecting himself from the sun by the shade of his foot. In margin of "Heures à l'usage des Antonins", 15th century. Attributed to the "Maître du Prince de Piémont". thumb|upright=0.8|A stone image of a monopod (bottom), from the Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens Monopods (also sciapods, skiapods, skiapodes) are mythological human creatures with a single, large foot extending from a leg centered in the middle of their bodies. The names monopod and skiapod (σκιάποδες) are both Greek, respectively meaning "one-foot" and "shadow-foot".
Usage examples of "monopod".
The huge single foot of a Monopod acted as a natural raft or boat, and when Reepicheep had taught them how to cut rude paddles for themselves, they all paddled about the bay and round the Dawn Treader, looking for all the world like a fleet of little canoes with a fat dwarf standing up in the extreme stern of each.
This was a good position, clear to the back with a good ledge of rubble for the monopod in front of the forward pistol-grip.
With smooth economy the dark-haired woman brought the projector up over the rock sill in front of her, resting the forward monopod on the stone.
Nikon with a 300mm lens, and braced it against the side window, using a monopod to steady it.
But the Monopods seemed perfectly contented, and she decided that on the whole the conversation had been a success.
He had his little coracle lowered and paddled himself about in it till the Monopods were thoroughly interested.
The Duffers were also very pleased with their new name of Monopods, which seemed to them a magnificent name though they never got it right.
Duffers were also very pleased with their new name of Monopods, which seemed to them a magnificent name though they never got it right.
And at last, out of the shadow of the trees, racing up the hill for dear life, by thousands and by millions, came all kinds of creatures - Talking Beasts, Dwarfs, Satyrs, Fauns, Giants, Calormenes, men from Archenland, Monopods, and strange unearthly things from the remote islands of the unknown Western lands.
And, of course, the Monopods went with them, bouncing like footballs and agreeing with one another in loud voices till Eustace said, “I wish the Magician would make them inaudible instead of invisible.
He then stood up in it and said, “Worthy and intelligent Monopods, you do not need boats.
And, of course, the Monopods went with them, bouncing like footballs and agreeing with one another in loud voices till Eustace said, "I wish the Magician would make them inaudible instead of invisible.
Monopod to lie under its own foot is almost as good as being in a tent.