'redshanks' definitions:
Definition of 'redshanks'
From: GCIDE
- Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
- 1. (Zool.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (Totanus fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]