Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sidelong step like that of a crab, made by a horse.
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Examples
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By the end they'd evolved a sideways crab-step of dubious elegance.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2012
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