Meaning of sheepsfoot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.
   historical
2. A blade with one straight edge and one edge which runs parallel for most of the blade's length until it curves abruptly (almost at a right angle) down to a point at the tip, resulting in less of a piercing point than on a Wharncliffe; (loosely) a Wharncliffe.

Examples

“These small blades are quite odd looking, as they don't have⟳ a point⟳. The edge of a sheepsfoot blade is commonly straight. The spine is often quite straight, but it suddenly veers almost straight down to meet⟳ the edge at the tip⟳.”

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