crabbed

Verb

• direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
• scurry sideways like a crab
• fish for crab
• complain
• simple past and past participle of crab

Adjective Satellite

• annoyed and irritable

Adj

• 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.
• Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.

Examples

• The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique.
• 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.

Synonyms

bad-tempered, beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, crabby, cross, fussy, gripe, grouchy, grouse, grumpy, holler, ill-tempered, squawk

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