ALL meanings of crow's-foot
crow's-foot
C c - noun crow's-foot a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye 3
- noun crow's-foot an embroidery stitch with three points, used esp as a finishing at the end of a seam 3
- noun crow's-foot a system of diverging short ropes to distribute the pull of a single rope, used esp in balloon and airship riggings 3
- noun crow's-foot any of the wrinkles that often develop at the outer corners of the eyes of adults 3
- noun crow's-foot a three-pointed, stitched design put on a garment 3
- noun crow's-foot a way of rigging one rope to several ropes in order to distribute pull in handling balloons and airships 3
- noun plural crow's-foot Usually, crow's-feet. any of the tiny wrinkles at the outer corners of the eyes resulting from age or constant squinting. 1
- noun plural crow's-foot Aeronautics. an arrangement of ropes in which one main rope exerts pull at several points simultaneously through a group of smaller ropes, as in balloon or airship rigging. 1
- noun plural crow's-foot (in tailoring) a three-pointed embroidered design used as a finish, as at the end of a seam or opening. 1
- noun plural crow's-foot crowfoot (def 1). 1
- noun crow's-foot Alternative spelling of crow's foot. 0