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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Crabbing vessels can begin to set gear on Sunday and could begin pulling ocean crab pots next Wednesday.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021
Crabbing boats endure perilous conditions in Alaska waters that have been immortalized in “Deadliest Catch.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2020
Crabbing in those two areas is open through Sept.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2011
Crabbing in those two areas is open through Sept.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2011
Crabbing up stream with supplies was one thing, floundering down with a shattered human cargo of that kind, quite another.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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