HOUSEMAID'S KNEE


Meaning of HOUSEMAID'S KNEE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from its occurrence among women who work a great deal on their knees

Date: 1831

: a swelling over the knee due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the patella

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.