clubfoot

[ kluhb-foo t ]

/ ˈklʌbˌfʊt /

a congenitally deformed or distorted foot.

the condition of having such a foot; talipes.

Also called club. Nautical. a short boom for fastening to the foot of a jib.

Origin of clubfoot

First recorded in 1530–40; club + foot

club·foot·ed, adjective

Her child, born some little time afterward, was club-footed.

Roughing It |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The second child, a daughter, was club-footed and early suffered from gouty tophi.

Degeneracy |Eugene S. Talbot
All this happened within two hours from the time I erected the lop-eared, knocked-kneed and club-footed Oolong in my household.

Remarks |Bill Nye
This––all this––to make a gentleman of the ill-born, club-footed young whelp of a fishing skipper!

The Cruise of the Shining Light |Norman Duncan

There are also heavy animals in a state of happiness, there are club-footed ones from the beginning.

Thus Spake Zarathustra |Friedrich Nietzsche

clubfoot

[ klŭb′fut′ ]

A congenital deformity of the foot, usually characterized by a curled shape or a twisted position of the ankle, heel, and toes. talipes