Crécy

American

[kres-ee, krey-see] / ˈkrɛs i, kreɪˈsi /

noun

Also Cressy a village in N France, NNW of Reims: English victory over the French 1346.

adjective

(sometimes lowercase) (of food) prepared or garnished with carrots.

Crécy British

/ kresi, ˈkrɛsɪ /

noun

Official name: Crécy-en-Ponthieu. Former English name: Cressy. a village in N France: scene of the first decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War when the English defeated the French (1346)

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In the Middle Ages, the French disaster at Crécy became an object lesson in the dangers of rushing in.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Michael Livingston, a professor of medieval history at the Citadel, previously picked up that gauntlet with books offering new interpretations of Agincourt and of Edward III of England’s victory at Crécy in 1346.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Yet the story of Charles Swann and Odette de Crécy is nowhere near over.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

The Age of Chivalry died on the battlefields of Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The successful campaigns of Crécy and Poitiers were entirely financed by these English capitalists.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

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