goatsfoot

English

Etymology

From goat +‎ -s- +‎ foot.

Noun

goatsfoot (uncountable)

1. The flowering plant Passiflora sexflora.
2. Alternative form of goat's foot
   • 2001, Charley F. Eckhardt, Texas Smoke: Muzzle-loaders on the Frontier, Texas Tech University Press, →ISBN, page 5:

     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.

See also

• goat's foot