Look up: crabbing

1. Crabbing
   A canopy is crabbing when it is flown at an angle sideways to the ambient wind, resulting in a path across the ground that is sideways as well as forwards
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2. crabbing
   a process used in the worsted trade to set the fabric in a smooth flat state so that it will not cockle,pucker or wrinckle during subsequent wet processing.The fabric is treated in open width and under warp-way tension,in a hot or boiling aqueous medium,the tension being maintained while the fabric ...
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3. Crabbing
   Crab'bing noun 1. The act or art of catching crabs. 2. (Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other. 3. (Woolen Manuf.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
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4. Crabbing
   • (n.) The fighting of hawks with each other. • (n.) The act or art of catching crabs. • (n.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
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5. crabbing
   (from the article `textile`) ...passes through the heated chamber, creases and wrinkles are removed, the weave is straightened, and the fabric is dried to its final size. When ...
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6. Crabbing
   Dog moves with its body at an angle to the line of travel. Also called sidewinding.
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