crab-wood

But they had not proceeded far before they reached the bank covered with aquatic plants, to which place the boat-women, who had been brought from Ku Su, had already punted two crab-wood boats.

Hung Lou Meng 2003

"I've got a pair of crab-wood clogs, I put on to come over; but I took them off under the eaves of the verandah."

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

But they had not proceeded far before they reached the bank covered with aquatic plants, to which place the boat-women, who had been brought from Ku Su, had already punted two crab-wood boats.

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

It does not take the hook, but the Indians decoy it to the surface of the water by means of the seeds of the crab-wood tree and then shoot it with an arrow.

Wanderings in South America Charles Waterton 1823

“I’ve got a pair of crab-wood clogs, I put on to come over; but I took them off under the eaves of the verandah.”

Hung Lou Meng 2003