crab-stoles

Updated: June 20, 2025

Besides several crab-stoles the buds of the crab might be mistaken for thorns growing pointed at the extreme end of the twigs there was a large crab tree, which bore a plentiful crop. The lads sharpen their knives by drawing the blade slowly to and fro through a crab-apple; the acid of the fruit eats the steel like aquafortis.

Richard Jefferies - Round About a Great Estate