資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Redshank \Red"shank`\ (r?d"sh?nk`), n.
   1. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A common Old World limicoline bird ({Totanus
          calidris}), having the legs and feet pale red. The
          spotted redshank ({T. fuscus}) is larger, and has
          orange-red legs. Called also {redshanks}, {redleg},
          and {clee}.
      (b) The fieldfare.

   2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation
      formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to
      their bare legs. --Spenser.