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crapaudine|krapoˈdin|
[F. crapaudine (= Pr. and med.L. crapaudina, orig. adj. fem.), f. crapaud toad. The Fr. word has many derived and transferred applications, a few of which have to a slight extent been used in English.]
†1. ? = toadstone. Obs.
1558Lanc. Wills I. 182 On crapadyn ijd.
†2. Farriery. (See quot.) Obs.
1730–6Bailey (folio), Crapaudine (in Horses), an ulcer on the coronet; also, a tread upon the coronet. 1823in Crabb Tech. Dict.
3. A socket in which the pivot of a swing-door turns; whence crapaudine door.
1876Gwilt Archit. Gloss., Crapaudine Doors, those which turn on pivots at top and bottom. |