Sheepsfoot
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sheepsfoot is a noun meaning (printing, historical) A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.
Meaning
(printing, historical) A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.
More Meanings
- A blade with one straight edge and one edge which runs parallel for most of the blade's length until it curves abruptly (almost at a right angle) down to a point at the tip, resulting in less of a piercing point than on a Wharncliffe; (loosely) a Wharncliffe.
Example Sentences
These small blades are quite odd looking, as they don't have a point. The edge of a sheepsfoot blade is commonly straight. The spine is often quite straight, but it suddenly veers almost straight down to meet the edge at the tip.
Word Forms
- sheep's foot
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roller, rollers, lambsfoot, footstep, plough, scraper.
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