sheepsfoot (English, noun)
expansion: sheepsfoot
Senses:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms.
tags: historical
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: sheep's foot
tags: alternative