crabling|ˈkræblɪŋ| [f. crab n.1 + -ling.] = crablet. 1822T. Mitchell Aristoph. II. 316 Another crabling, see, is coming forward..Save us! there's nought but crabs.1853Fraser's Mag. XLVIII. 400 The minute crablings heedlessly run over their variegated discs.