Definition of "barelegged" [bare•legged]

• With the legs uncovered: ran barelegged through the surf; barelegged children on the beach. (adverb)

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• "She'd appeared in the doorway at Harry's Bar in Venice, barelegged but in heels."
• "Found him in a straw house in the bush, barelegged, a white savage, all mixed up with flowers and things and playing a guitar."
• "Did you know what was even weirder, boxer shorts, and you were both barelegged?"