The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spindle-legged \Spin"dle-legged`\, a. Having long, slender legs.
WordNet
adj. having long slender legs [syn: spindle-shanked]
Usage examples of "spindle-legged".
Then, her head still back, she rolled it first one way, then the other, taking in the room, the faded tapestries on the heavily upholstered chairs, the black carved Chinese cabinets, the spindle-legged occasional tables, the faded rose velvet curtains with their heavy be tasseled pelmets, the carpet, thick, but the colors faded to neutrality, and overall, and in spite of the crowded furniture, the great emptiness that pervaded the room.
Lady Bellingham was writing letters there, at a spindle-legged table in the window.
The delicate silver instruments stood once more on the spindle-legged tables, puffing and whirring serenely The portraits of the headmasters and headmistresses were snoozing in their frames, heads lolling back in armchairs or against the edge of the picture.