ANKLE
ADJECTIVES
1671 — TALARIAN pert. to the ankles; reaching down to the ankles → obs.
1740 — GUMMY puffy, swollen, as if charged with lumps of gum; said of the ankles and legs
..19C — GIPSY-LEGGED having slender ankles → Eng. dial.
1853 — TALARIC pert. to the ankles; reaching down to the ankles
1950 — BOX-ANKLED having the ankles striking together; having large ankles → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1538 — HANCKLETH an ankle → Sc. obs.
1596 — HANKLE the ankle → Sc.
1649 — WRIST OF THE FOOT the ankle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1754 — QUEET the ankle → Sc.
1785 — QUIT an ankle → Sc.
1790 — ANCLIFF the ankle → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 — ANKLET the ankle → Sc.
1904 — RICK an ankle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — ANCLEY-BONE the ankle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1986 — WHEEL the ankle → US basketball sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1810 — MUNSTER HEIFER a thick-ankled, and/or thick-legged woman → Anglo-Irish
VERBS
1898 — CAT-HAM to knock the ankles together in walking → Eng. dial. (Bk.)