goatsfoot en · NOUN
Etymology
From goat + -s- + foot.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The flowering plant Passiflora sexflora.
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of goat's foot.
alt of goat's foot
A simple hunting crossbow, cocked by hand or a goatsfoot cocking lever, shooting a light arrow or quarrel no longer than a person's forearm, was about half again as accurate on individual targets as was a longbow.
2001, Charley F. Eckhardt, Texas Smoke: Muzzle-loaders on the Frontier, Texas Tech University Press, →ISBN, page 5: