Bones in and leading to the knee should line up in a balanced manner; not tilting forward ("over at the knee" or "buck-kneed") or back ("back at the knee" or "calf-kneed"), nor severely offset to one side or the other It is best if the knees are set squarely on top of the cannon bones, not off to one side or another
cloth covering consisting of the part of a trouser leg that covers the knee hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
If something or someone is on your knee or on your knees, they are resting or sitting on the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down. He sat with the package on his knees = lap
If a country or organization is brought to its knees, it is almost completely destroyed by someone or something. The country was being brought to its knees by the loss of 2.4 million manufacturing jobs. to hit someone with your knee
Generally heavy members of wood or iron, used to strengthen angular junctions The interior curvature between the two arms of a wooden knee usually follows the line of a naturally grown crook These were among the first members to be replaced with iron in composite ship construction Knees may by defined by location and alignment as follows: the breasthook (also stemlock or forehook) is set horizontally inside and near the head of the stem; a dagger knee is set obliquely; a hanging knee is one set upright with the horizontal arm to the top; a lodge, or lodging knee is set horizontally, usually in the plane of deck beams; a standing knee is set upright with the horizontal arm on the bottom