legger

== English == === Etymology === From leg + -er. === Noun === legger (plural leggers) (informal) A bootlegger. (UK, obsolete) A man employed by the owners of a canal to push boats through narrow canal tunnels. The legger would lie on his back on a piece of wood on the boat with his feet reaching to the tunnel wall, and walk it along. This could be done by the boat's crew, but the canals employed men specifically for the task because they could do it faster and prevent a tunnel becoming a bottleneck for traffic. (in combination) Something having the specified kind or number of legs. 1991, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, ‎Ruth Reichl, Gourmet (volume 51, issues 1-6, page 60) […] a yellow-legger, it also had a yellow beak. Which meant it wasn't a layer anymore and was okay to eat. Nowadays we get yellow-legged fryers. === See also === thousand-legger === Anagrams === eggler == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch legger. Equivalent to leggen +‎ -er. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “Some of the senses actually arise from liggen, per Etymologiebank” === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ɣər/ Hyphenation: leg‧ger Rhymes: -ɛɣər === Noun === legger m (plural leggers, diminutive leggertje n) an animal that lays eggs, especially an egg-producing bird a ledger, register (book for keeping records and/or notes) (textual criticism) a vorlage (edition of a text that is the immediate predecessor or one of the immediate predecessors of another edition) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: leger == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛd.d͡ʒer/ Rhymes: -ɛddʒer Hyphenation: lèg‧ger === Verb === legger (apocopated) apocopic form of leggere === References === == Lombard == === Etymology === Akin to Italian leggero, from Latin levis. Compare also French léger. === Adjective === legger light (of weight) == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === legger m (definite singular leggeren, indefinite plural leggerer, definite plural leggerene) person, machine or similar that places something layman ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === legger m indefinite plural of legg === Verb === legger present active of legge === References === “legger” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Alternative forms ==== leggar ==== Noun ==== legger m indefinite plural of legg === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Alternative forms ==== legg ==== Verb ==== legger (nonstandard) present of leggja