cratch

[ krach ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a crib for fodder; manger.

cratch

/ krætʃ /

noun

1. a rack for holding fodder for cattle, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cratch¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cratch¹

C14: from Old French: crèche

Example Sentences

A truly historic game taught by children to each other, is what is called cats-cradle or cratch-cradle.

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If Hone's derivation of the game and its meaning is true, cratch-cradle is the correct name.

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Coiros are beeves fattened at the cratch in ox-stalls, or in the fresh guimo meadows.

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If the taile of a wolfe be hung in the cratch of Oxen, they can never eat their meate.

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It has not occupied a bacon-cratch or a bread-and-cheese cupboard.

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