Word info

sheepsfoot

Noun

Meaning

(printing, historical) A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.

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.
Coordinate terms: lambsfoot, Wharncliffe

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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