crabbed
Meanings
adj
- Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
- Cramped, bent.
- Crowded together and difficult to read.
- Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
- Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.
verb
- simple past and past participle of crab
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab + -ed.
Derived words
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