Redshank
Pronunciation : Red"shank` (rd"shnk`)
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.) (a) A common Old World limicoline bird (Totanus calidris), having the legs and feet pale red. The spotted redshank (T. fuscus) is larger, and has orange-red legs. Called also redshanks, redleg, and clee. (b) The fieldfare.
2. A bare-legged person; -- a contemptuous appellation formerly given to the Scotch Highlanders, in allusion to their bare legs. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913