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lamb's-foot

lamb's-foot is the alternative form of lambsfoot.

Meaning of lambsfoot

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.
    • 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[…]2014 December 22, R. W. F. Poole, The Buried Treasures, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN
  2. Synonym of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus).
    • 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.2013 May 6, Jane Yolen, Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN

Questions about lamb's-foot

What is lamb's-foot the alternative form of?
Lamb's-foot is the alternative form of lambsfoot.

Words near lamb's-foot in the dictionary

  1. lamb's quarters
  2. lamb's succory
  3. lamb's tails
  4. lamb's tongue
  5. lamb's-ear
  6. lamb's-foot
  7. lamb's-quarter
  8. lamb's-quarters
  9. lamb-ale
  10. lamb-ales
  11. Lamb-god

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