קַרְסוֹל, bent, joint, ankle. Ohol. I, 8 עשרה בק׳ Ar. (ed. בקוּרְסֵל) ten joints are in the ankle.—Du. קַרְסוּלַּיִם; pl. קַרְסוּלִּים, קַרְסוּלִּין. Tosef. Ḥull. III (IV), 25 כל שיש לו ארבע … וק׳ (ed. Zuck. וקרסוליו, read: לין …) locusts which have four wings and jointed legs (hindlegs for leaping); Ḥull. III, 7 (Bab. ed. 59ᵃ קרצ׳; Ms. M. קרסולין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); ib. 65ᵇ Ms. R. 2 a. Ar. (ed. קרצ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9). Tosef. Succ. III, 3 (ref. to אפסים, Ez. XLVII, 3) עד קַרְצוּלָּיו ed. Zuck. (Var. קרס׳) up to the ankles; Y. Shek. VI, 50ᵃ top עד קַרְסוּלָּה (Chald.). Gen. R. s. 32 אלולי … קַרְסוּלָּיו וכ׳ but for the water coming up to his ankles, he would not have gone into the ark. Keth. 111ᵇ והלכתי עד קַרְסוּלַּי וכ׳ I waded up to my ankles in honey that had dropped from dates. Koh. R. to XII, 5 החגב אלו קרסוליו ‘the hagab’ (locust, ib.), that is his ankles (legs, v. supra); Lev. R. s. 18 השקד אילין קַרְסוּלּוֹת (corr. acc.).