Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In Australia, to rope or lasso by the leg with a noosed rope.
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Examples
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After a bit we could milk, leg-rope, and bail up for ourselves, and help dad brand the calves, which began to come pretty thick.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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After a bit we could milk, leg-rope, and bail up for ourselves, and help dad brand the calves, which began to come pretty thick.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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He showed me the cow, and put her in the bail with a big stick; said she was as quiet as a lamb, and would stand to be milked anywhere without a leg-rope.
The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned George Dunderdale 1862
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In the second fatal shark attack at the Margaret River outpost of Gracetown in just six years, and the fifth off the WA coast since 2000, frantic locals used a leg-rope as a tourniquet in a desperate bid to stop Mr Edwards bleeding to death after he dragged himself on to rocks.
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He still had his leg-rope attached and was wearing brown boardshorts and a dark-coloured wetshirt.
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In the second fatal shark attack at the Margaret River outpost of Gracetown in just six years, and the fifth off the WA coast since 2000, frantic locals used a leg-rope as a tourniquet in a desperate bid to stop Mr Edwards, 31, a father of two, bleeding to death after he dragged himself on to rocks at Cowaramup Bay about 8am.
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In the second fatal shark attack at the Margaret River outpost of Gracetown in just six years, and the fifth off the WA coast since 2000, frantic locals used a leg-rope as a tourniquet in a desperate bid to stop Mr Edwards bleeding to death after he dragged himself on to rocks at Cowaramup Bay about 8am.
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In the second fatal shark attack at the Margaret River outpost of Gracetown in just six years, and the fifth off the WA coast since 2000, frantic locals used a leg-rope as a tourniquet in a desperate bid to stop Mr Edwards bleeding to death after he dragged himself on to rocks.
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He still had his leg-rope attached and was wearing brown boardshorts and a dark-coloured wetshirt.
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He still had his leg-rope attached and was wearing brown boardshorts and a dark-coloured wetshirt.
vendingmachine commented on the word leg-rope
NZ, Australian
1(in surfing) a rope attached to a surfboard and tied to the surfer's ankle to prevent the board being washed away by the surf.
In order to relocate a pesky, trespassing bilby, a leg-rope expert was hired.
February 20, 2018
bilby commented on the word leg-rope
once a jolly bilby
camped by a billabong
under the shade of a coolabah tree
and he sang as he snipped his leg-rope and hopped away free
you'll come a-waltzing matilda with me
February 20, 2018
plethora commented on the word leg-rope
And the leg rope expert was arrested for trapping a protected species.
February 21, 2018
bilby commented on the word leg-rope
Up rode the plethora, mounted on her thoroughbred
Up rode the Word Police, one two three
'Unbound yon marsupial! Leg-ropes are a tad kinkee
Or you'll come a-waltzing matilda with me.'
February 21, 2018
plethora commented on the word leg-rope
*Waltzing Mabilba
February 21, 2018
vendingmachine commented on the word leg-rope
If a leg-rope doesn't work, try an ear-rope.
February 22, 2018
bilby commented on the word leg-rope
That's just mean!
February 22, 2018
qms commented on the word leg-rope
Perhaps in attempting to subdue livestock the Aussies have misinterpreted the classic French seduction technique - le grope.
February 22, 2018