bɹɑːntʃ bɹæntʃ lɛɡ pɛɡ ɹæmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˌɹæməfəˈkeɪʃən steɪd͡ʒ a section or portion of a journey or course then we embarked on the second stage of our Caribbean cruise (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg one of the supports for a piece of furniture a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion the limb of an animal used for food a part of a forked or branching shape he broke off one of the branches