a.
1. Marked with ‘crow’s feet’ about the eyes.
1826. Vermont Republican, etc. 20 March, 4/1. I gaze on her crow-footed brow.
1834. Medwin, Angler in Wales, I. 2. His [eyes] were sunken and crow-footed.
1882. Besant, Revolt of Man, i. 1. Her face, a long oval face, was wrinkled and crow-footed in a thousand lines.
2. Having ‘crow-steps’ or ‘corbie-steps.’ Sc.
1835. M. Lake, Desc. Abbotsford, 11. The house … presents sundry crow-footed, alias zigzagged, gables to the eye.
