Category:Redshank

Red"shank` (rd"shnk`), n.

1. (zoöl.) (a) a common old world limicoline bird (totanus calidris), having the Legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (t. fuscus) is larger, And has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) the fieldfare.

2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given To the scotch highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser.