sheepsfoot

== English == === Alternative forms === sheep's foot === Etymology === From sheep +‎ -s- +‎ foot. === Noun === sheepsfoot (printing, historical) A printer's tool with a claw at one end for prizing up forms. 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. Coordinate terms: lambsfoot, Wharncliffe