A plant with leaves or flowers resembling a crow's foot, or a naval device with multiple hooks or prongs extending outward.
Compound of 'crow' (Old English) and 'foot' (Old English), literally describing something shaped like a bird's foot with splayed toes.
Crowfoot was both a plant name and a terrifying naval weapon—spikes called crowfoot were scattered on ship decks or waters to puncture boats or wound feet, making it one of history's simplest but most effective defense mechanisms.
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