crabbing
Americannoun
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the activity or occupation of fishing for crabs.
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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.
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Aeronautics. the maneuver of heading partly into the wind to compensate for drift.
Etymology
Origin of crabbing
Example Sentences
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The transmission malfunctioned in his 1978 boat, Miss Julie, which he also uses for crabbing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A fundraiser set up in Meadows’ name described the deckhand from Montesano, Wash., as a father to “three amazing little boys” who died “while doing what he loved — crabbing out on Alaskan waters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Benjamin Cullis, from Padstow, had been fishing and crabbing with his family when he fell off the harbour wall and hit his head on the side of a yacht on 24 June 2023.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
This is the fifth consecutive year of commercial crabbing delays instituted to decrease the chances of migrating whales currently off the coast getting ensnared by the crab-pot fishing lines.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
From November to March, he was tonging for oysters, and from late April into the fall, he was crabbing.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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