anklebone
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English ancle bone; equivalent to ankle + bone.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editanklebone (plural anklebones)
- The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
- Synonyms: talus, astragalus, astragal, huckle bone
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles iij:[7–8], folio clvii, recto:
- And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.
Translations
editbone of the ankle
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