croze

American  

[krohz] / kroʊz /

noun

1. the groove at either end of the staves of a barrel, cask, etc., into which the edge of the head fits.

2. a tool used by a cooper for cutting such a groove.

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croze British  

/ krəʊz /

noun

1. the recess cut at the end of a barrel or cask to receive the head

2. a tool for cutting this recess

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Etymology

Origin of croze

1605–15; perhaps special use of crose, croze (variant of cross ) in sense “cross groove”

Example Sentences

Then, he attached the staves to the floor by creating a “croze” groove in each.

From Seattle Times

We can assume that they would treat her similarly to how they treated the anthropologist who lived with them for a while, Professor Croze.

From The New Yorker

In this Oscar-nominated drama from Julian Schnabel, Mr. Bauby is played by Mathieu Amalric; Marie-Josée Croze is a speech therapist who teaches him to use his left eyelid to communicate.

From New York Times

Over their meetings presided Pierre Daudé, a clerk in the Exchequer; round that doyen gathered the traveller Misson, Rapin Thoyras, then planning his History of Great Britain, Newton's friend, Le Moivre, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, Cornand La Croze, a contributor to Le Clerc's Bibliothèque universelle.

From Project Gutenberg

Croze, krōz, n. the groove in the staves of a cask in which the edge of the head is set.

From Project Gutenberg