Noun

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(Australia) Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.

* 2007 , , Joy McKean, Another Day, Another Town , page 151,

Bulldust' is like talcum powder and it covers the holes in the road. No matter how carefully we drove, the ' bulldust rose in the air and cascaded down over our vehicle to the extent that we sometimes used the wipers to clear the windscreen.

* 2007 , Dick Eussen, Australia's Savannah Way: Cairns to Broome , page 23,

Road trains are over 50 m long when towing three trailers. On dirt roads, they trail a blinding cloud of bulldust and window smashing, fist-size stones.

* 2011 , Leon Isackson, Jon Hayton, Behind the Rock and Beyond , unnumbered page,

The bulldust was starting to get really thick now and even thicker in the back of the Hudson! It got into everything.

(Australia, slang) Nonsense; blatantly false statements.

* 1991 , Antonio Casella, The Sensualist , page 10,

She was told some bulldust'. The same ' bulldust they tell any dickhead willing to part with money: that she'd be rich one day and live to a ripe old age.

* 1993 , , Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir , page 70,

“Your theory is bulldust', Arthur,” said Pancho. “Nothing but ' bulldust . You should play your best doubles players even if they are playing singles. If they are fit, they are not going to be too tired. McEnroe would not have lost that match.”

* 2008 , Catherine Deveny, Say When , page 181,

In these harsh times of economic rationalism (sacking), restructuring (sacking) and merit-assessed and incentive-based liquidation and redirecting of human resources (sacking), the bulldust detector is invaluable.

Noun

(en noun)

The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.

Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.

(anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

A stage of a journey, race etc.

After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.

(nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.

(nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.

(sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

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One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

(geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.

A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.

the legs of a chair or table

(usually used in plural) evidence, the ability of a thing or idea to stick around or persist

(UK, slang, archaic) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.

In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

(cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.