I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of cripple (III)
1. : that cripples
a crippling sense of personal inferiority
2. : caused by crippling
crippling losses of game by careless hunters
• crip·pling·ly adverb
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: from gerund of cripple (III)
1. : the state of being or process of becoming crippled ; specifically : the failure of the webs of steel beams or girders by buckling due to excessive loading
2. : shoring for the side of a building