crutch

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crutch englannista suomeksi

1. kainalosauva

0. Substantiivi

1. kainalosauva

2. tuki

2. Verbi

crutch englanniksi

1. A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.

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2. (RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus)

3. (quote-book)|publisher=Angus and Robertson|location=Sydney|page=150|passage=Sullen now, with stultified spleen, Mrs Dibble grappled her crutches and levered herself upright after an ungainly struggle.

4. Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop

5. (quote-book)is (..) at best a crutch that lifts the weak alone.

6. A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk.

7. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

8. A knee, or piece of knee timber.

9. A forked stanchion or post; a crotch.

10. To support on crutches; to up.

11. (RQ:Dryden Absalom)

12. To move on crutches.

13. To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.

14. (quote-journal)

15. to stir with a crutch.