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crowbill

noun
/ˈkɹəʊbɪl/UK/ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/US

Etymology

From crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”). Sense 1 (“kind of forceps”) is probably from its appearance, while sense 2 (“type of poleaxe”) is a calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”).

  1. derived from bulla
  2. derived from bulle
  3. derived from bille
  4. inherited from bille
  5. compounded as crowbill — “crow + bill”

Definitions

  1. A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds.

  2. Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the…

    Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA