foreleg

Everyday

One of the two front legs of an animal such as a horse, dog or cow. tree →

In the lessons

in tales an animal lifts, kicks or rests its foreleg, and the front legs are often named apart from the back legs.

Examples

• The horse kicked out with its foreleg. tree →
• The dog rested its foreleg on my knee. tree →
• The cow had mud on each foreleg. tree →

Note

a horse has 2 forelegs (and 2 hind legs), so count forelegs as 2 per animal, not 4