Definition of Kneecaps

1. Noun. (plural of kneecap) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kneecaps

1. kneecap [v] - See also: kneecap

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneecaps

knee scooters
knee slapper
knee slappers
knee sock
knee socks
knee sprain
kneeboard
kneeboards
kneebrush
kneecap
kneecapped
kneecapper
kneecappers
kneecapping
kneecappings
kneecaps (current term)
kneed
kneedeep
kneedness
kneehole
kneehole desk
kneeholes
kneeing
kneeings
kneejerk
kneejerks
kneejoint
kneejointed
kneejoints
kneel

Literary usage of Kneecaps

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fox-hound, Forest, and Prairie by Edward Pennell Elmhirst (1892)
"With muttered blessings, and a hot, flushed face, he tore off the bandages and kneecaps left on by the porter as part of his hunting accoutrements ..."

2. Manual of Artificial Limbs: Artificial Toes, Feet, Legs, Fingers, Hands by George Edwin Marks (1905)
"Two fractured kneecaps. I am wearing your braces for two fractured kneecaps, and they are giving- entire satisfaction. Can get along without crutches or ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"I see his beautiful linen frock . . . from ankle to kneecaps. I see his sword golden-hilled, inlaid, its in scabbard of white silver, etc. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"... but the use of any kind of bandages or kneecaps after this period has been discouraged, and their application permitted, as in the case of the splint, ..."

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