crabbed

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Bad-tempered or cantankerous.

   • […]O, she is / Ten times more gentle than her father's crabb'd, / And he's composed of harshness.
2. 2

   Cramped, bent.

   • A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee, Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey As the long moss upon the apple-tree; […]
3. 3

   Crowded together and difficult to read.

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   1. 4

      Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a…

      Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.

      • Unlike most aircraft, the B-52's fully-steerable landing gear allows it to land crabbed and stay crabbed throughout rollout without destroying its tires.
   2. 5

      Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a…

      Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.

      • The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique.
   3. 6

      simple past and past participle of crab

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