goatsfoot

English

Etymology

From goat +‎ -s- +‎ foot.

Noun

goatsfoot (uncountable)

  1. The flowering plant Passiflora sexflora.
  2. Alternative form of goat's foot
    • 2001, Charley F. Eckhardt, Texas Smoke: Muzzle-loaders on the Frontier, Texas Tech University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
      A simple hunting crossbow, cocked by hand or a goatsfoot cocking lever, shooting a light arrow or quarrel no longer than a person's forearm, was about half again as accurate on individual targets as was a longbow.

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