"crowbill" meaning in English

See crowbill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹəʊbɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɹoʊˌbɪl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crowbill.wav [Southern-England] Forms: crowbills [plural]
Etymology: From crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”). Sense 1 (“kind of forceps”) is probably from its appearance, while sense 2 (“type of poleaxe”) is a calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”). Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|forceps}} sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|weapon}} sense 2, {{compound|en|crow|bill|notext=1|t1=bird of the genus Corvus|t2=beak of a bird|type=exocentric}} crow (“bird of the genus Corvus”) + bill (“beak of a bird”), {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|forceps|uc=1}} Sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|weapon}} sense 2, {{calque|en|fr|bec de corbin|lit=crow or raven's beak|nocap=1}} calque of French bec de corbin (literally “crow or raven's beak”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} crowbill (plural crowbills)
  1. (surgery) A kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds. Categories (topical): Surgery Synonyms: crow's bill Translations (kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds): kärkipihdit [plural] (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-crowbill-en-noun-en:forceps Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'kind of forceps for extracting bullets, etc., from wounds': 95 5
  2. (weaponry, historical) Synonym of bec de corbin (“poleaxe with a modified hammerhead and a spike mounted on the top of the pole”) Tags: historical Categories (topical): Weapons, Medical equipment, Polearms Synonyms: bec de corbin [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-crowbill-en-noun-en:weapon Disambiguation of Medical equipment: 42 58 Disambiguation of Polearms: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 34 66 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crow-bill Hypernyms: forceps [surgery, medicine, sciences], poleaxe [weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics] Related terms: billhook, crowbar

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