• (n.) A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up.
Eu'phroe noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] A block or long slat of wood, perforated for the passage of the crowfoot, or cords by which an awning is held up. [ Written also uphroe and uvrou .] Knight. 
a suspended batten or plate of wood or brass pierced with holes through which the cords of a crowfoot are rove to suspend an awning.