Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
crow-bait is a noun meaning "an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows". It carries one recorded sense.
an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for crow-bait come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.