Pegleg
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A "pegleg" is a type of artificial limb (Prosthesis). Peglegs are typified as a hand carved wooden peg fitted to a stump, as often seen in pirate movies. Peglegs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prosthesis do tend to have the same form.
[edit] Famous peg leg wearers
[edit] Historical
- François Leclerc (~1554), pirate;
- Peter Stuyvesant (1612-1672), Dutch director-general of New Amsterdam;
- Blas de Lezo (1687-1741), Spanish admiral
- Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816), American politician
- Józef Sowiński (1777–1831), Polish 19th century general;
- Daniel Sullivan (~1871), Chicagoan;
[edit] Fictional
- Captain Ahab, character in Moby Dick
- Silas Wegg, character in Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
- Davy Jones, character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
