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crabbing dog

English translation: a dog moving sideways or obliquely

11:09 Oct 28, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Livestock / Animal Husbandry
English term or phrase: crabbing dog
The issue under discussion
Training dogs for blind and partially sighted persons is a lefthanded job, creating one-sided loads on dog trainers/clients' mobility instructors:

left shoulder (at socket): transverse extensions and medial rotations to limit the dog's movement; abduction at shoulder particularly with a “crabbing dog”;

is this a dog trained to catch crabs?:-)
Cristina Bolohan
Romania
Local time: 01:51
Selected answer:a dog moving sideways or obliquely
Explanation:
refs:

Oxford dico

verb
1 [NO OBJ. , WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] move sideways or obliquely: he began crabbing sideways across the roof.

[WITH OBJ. ] steer (an aircraft or ship) slightly sideways to compensate for a crosswind or current.

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-10-28 11:15:43 GMT)
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Derived from the walking motion of crabs.
Selected response from:

Ken Cox
Local time: 00:51
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6a dog moving sideways or obliquely
Ken Cox
5a dog pulling to the side
Graham Timmins


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
a dog moving sideways or obliquely


Explanation:
refs:

Oxford dico

verb
1 [NO OBJ. , WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION] move sideways or obliquely: he began crabbing sideways across the roof.

[WITH OBJ. ] steer (an aircraft or ship) slightly sideways to compensate for a crosswind or current.

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Note added at 6 mins (2008-10-28 11:15:43 GMT)
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Derived from the walking motion of crabs.

Ken Cox
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manuela Junghans
0 min
agree  Bashiqa: Quite right. The dog's gait is not straight but "crablike".
28 mins
agree  orientalhorizon
32 mins
agree  kmtext
40 mins
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
2 hrs
agree  Gary D: a dog which walks with an offset gait, is said to "crab" as it walks
10 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a dog pulling to the side


Explanation:
it's not that the dog moves sideways exactly, the dog is in a harness so cannot, but that it pulls to the side, thus straining the trainer's shoulder etc. A normal problem when training a young dog to walk to heel.

Graham Timmins
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Asker: thank you

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