crabbed🔊

Bad-tempered or cantankerous.

Cramped, bent.

(of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.

(of an aircraft) Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.

(of an approach and landing) Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.

(ed-form)