redshank

• ⇰ A common Old World limicoline bird (<spn>Totanus calidris</spn>), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (<spn>Totanus fuscus</spn>) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks>, redleg>, and clee>.
• ⇰ A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs.