a flight maneuver that involves flying at an angle, similar to the sideways walk of a crab, in order to push through a strong headwind
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• (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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Dog moves with its body at an angle to the line of travel. Also called sidewinding.
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(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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A type of movement when a dog moves its body at an angle and not in a straightline in the direction of travel
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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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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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Process used in the worsted trade to set the fabric in a smooth flat state so that it will not cockle, pucker or wrinkle during subsequent wet processing.
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Dog moves with its body at an angle to the line of travel. Also called sidewinding.
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the activity or occupation of fishing for crabs. · a finishing process for reducing shrinkage and creasing of woolens and worsteds by stretching the fabric on a rotating cylinder and immersing in hot or, sometimes, cold water. · the maneuver of heading partly into the wind to compensate for drift.
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