Crabbed
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:17 pts7 letters
Definition of Crabbed
Adjective
- Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
- Cramped, bent.
- Crowded together and difficult to read.
- Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
"Unlike most aircraft, the B-52's fully-steerable landing gear allows it to land crabbed and stay crabbed throughout rollout without destroying its tires."
- Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.
"The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique."
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