crabbed

UK /kɹæbd/ US /kɹæbd/
adj 5

Definitions

adj

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

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

Crowded together and difficult to read.

4

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.

5

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.

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