cratch

American

[krach] / krætʃ /

noun

Archaic.

a crib for fodder; manger.

cratch British

/ krætʃ /

noun

a rack for holding fodder for cattle, etc

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Etymology

Origin of cratch

1175–1225; Middle English cracche < dialectal Old French crache, variant of creche crèche

Example Sentences

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Cratch, krach, n. a crib to hold hay for cattle, a manger.—n.pl.

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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable," thinks this "the corrupt for cratch cradle or manger cradle, in which the infant Saviour was laid.

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Anch a bite me, Anch a bite me, Anch a bite me, Anch a bite me, Anch a bite me a me back gully, gully; 'cratch me back me will make one shirt fe you.

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An' first of all Tacoma went to cut down the tree, an' him couldn' bear the itch, I mean 'cratch of the tree.

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An' William Tell made a law that any man come to cut the tree they must not 'cratch their 'kin or else they would lose the cow.

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