lambsfoot

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English

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Etymology

From lamb +‎ -s- +‎ foot.

Noun

lambsfoot

  1. A claw-like blade with one straight edge and one edge which tapers to a point at the tip less abruptly than a sheepsfoot but not as gradually as a Wharncliffe.
    Coordinate terms: sheepsfoot, Wharncliffe
    • 2014 December 22, R. W. F. Poole, The Buried Treasures, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:
      We have a lambsfoot knife, a thing for cleaning pipes, a pipe, a tobacco pouch, three crushed boxes of matches, three throat lozenges (engrimed), nuts and bolts (assorted), a bill for sheep feed with something illegible written on the []
  2. Synonym of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
    Coordinate terms: lamb's ears, lamb's quarters
    • 2013 May 6, Jane Yolen, Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN:
      Hanging from the beams were bunches of dried herbs, still fragrant from the last spring: moly and mint, yarrow and lambsfoot, tansy and thyme. A small pallet lay in the corner. Gawen guessed it was a daybed for naps.