Wrinkles or fine lines around the eyes resembling tiny cracks; crow's feet.
Compound of 'crake' (meaning crack or crackle) plus 'feet,' humorously suggesting that wrinkles around the eyes look like tiny bird feet. This is a poetic or colloquial expression.
Different cultures have different names for eye wrinkles—English has 'crow's feet,' French has 'pattes d'oie' (goose feet), and 'crakefeet' shows how many creature names English applied to describe this universal sign of aging.
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