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 Peglegs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prosthesis do tend to have the same form.
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[edit] Famous peg leg wearers
[edit] Historical
- François Leclerc (~1554), pirate
- Cornelius Jol, (1597-1641), pirate
- Peter Stuyvesant (1612-1672), Dutch director-general of New Amsterdam
- Clayton Bates aka Peg Leg Bates (1907-1998), Dancer Afro-American Amputee RAK
- 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
- Thomas L. "Pegleg" Smith (1801-1866), American prospector
[edit] Fictional
- Captain Ahab, character in Moby Dick
- Silas Wegg, character in Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
- Wirt, character in the computer games Diablo and Diablo II
- Flatliner, character in the multiplayer online role-playing game EVE Online
- Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody, character from books and movies Harry Potter IV and up
- Seamus, a character in the American animated television series Family Guy, see List of characters from Family Guy#Other characters
[edit] Not Quite Peglegs
- Long John Silver in the book Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stephenson, was missing a leg, but did not have a pegleg. He used a crutch.
- Davy Jones, a character in the film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, was missing a leg, but it was replaced by the leg of a crab.
- The Scotsman, in the Samurai Jack TV series, has his missing leg replaced by a machine gun.
- Cherry Darling, in the Grindhouse film Planet Terror, has a missing leg replaced by a machine gun.
[edit] Railroads
- Fulton Chain Railroad also known as the "Peg Leg" from its wooden rails.
- Bradford and Foster Brook Railway also known as the "Peg Leg" from its wooden support piles.
