crow's-foot

Example Sentences

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Annabeth ran her hand along some marks on the ground - a jagged crow’s-foot shape as long as a human body.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Meanwhile, they who act with too jealous respect for their morrow of civilized comfort, reap only indigestion, and crow's-foot traceries for their deluded eye-corners.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan

Then a crow's-foot, or tripod of iron, tapped and threaded for iron pipe, is screwed to the terminal block.

From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving

The cactus and Spanish dagger, and the ever-present sage bush of the lower levels, had disappeared, crow's-foot and blue-joint grasses swung in the wind.

From The Spirit of Sweetwater by Garland, Hamlin

Pity you're not allowed to loose-out, for there's a grand bit of crow's-foot round that pine tree in the hollow.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph