peg leg

an artificial leg, especially a wooden one.

a person with an artificial leg.

Origin of peg leg

First recorded in 1760–70

peg·legged, adjective

There was one that showed evidence of a missing foot, a peg-leg such as those he had often seen on the open range.

The Yellow Horde |Hal G. Evarts
But they felt that ultimately they would find it, that it would not be like the three buttes of Peg-leg Smith.

The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone |Richard Bonner
Peg-leg he opines ther yaller is nuthin' but copper, or maybe fool's gold.

The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone |Richard Bonner
If I'd got you aboard that cayuse, Peg-leg, them cattle would hev nipped us, sure.

Motor Matt's Race |Stanley R. Matthews

Mr. Bodge retreated as nimbly as a man with a peg-leg could be expected to move.

The Skipper and the Skipped |Holman Day

peg leg

an artificial leg, esp one made of wood

a person with an artificial leg