Peg leg

A peg leg is a prosthesis, or artificial limb, fitted to the remaining stump of a human leg, especially a wooden one fitted at the knee.

[2] By the late 19th century, prosthetics vendors would offer peg legs as cheaper alternatives to more intricate, lifelike artificial legs.

[3] Even as vendors touted advantages of more complicated prostheses over simple peg legs,[3] according to a contemporary surgeon, many patients found a peg leg more comfortable for walking.

[4] According to medical reports, some amputees were able to adjust to the use of a peg leg so well that they could walk 10, or even 30, miles in one day.

[5] Nowadays, wooden peg legs have been replaced by more modern materials, though some sports prostheses do have the same form.