I. transitive verb
also dog's-ear ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷
: to disfigure or damage with a dog-ear
a book for me is something to be read … I want to dog-ear it, to underline it, to annotate it — John Mason Brown
II. noun
also dog's-ear “
( plural dog-ears also dog's-ears )
1. : the corner of a leaf especially of a book turned down like the ear of a fox terrier
2. : the small bight made in the leech rope of a sail in reefing