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noun

Crabbing n.

The act or art of catching crabs.

(Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other.

(Woolen Manuf.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

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Etymology of 'Crabbing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crabbing" Quotes from Famous Books

... hand. The throng of children ran over the grassy path from the shop; and they all began to clamour that Polly and Janey should come up Saturday and go crabbing with them. ...

— A Little Girl of Long Ago • Amanda Millie Douglas

... popular amusement crabbing is here. I seldom indulge in it myself, as I have bad luck, ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 • Various

... boat, Tony did work far harder—hooking mackerel at dawn, in with a catch and out to sea again, or up on land hawking them round; out drifting all night; crabbing, lobster-potting, shrimping,[4] wrinkling,[5] or taking out frights,[6] wet and dry, rough and calm, day and night. "Aye, an' I be suffering from it now. Thees yer bellyache what thins me every summer an' wears a fellow out, don't ...

— A Poor Man's House • Stephen Sydney Reynolds