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croze

[ krohz ]
/ kroʊz /
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noun
the groove at either end of the staves of a barrel, cask, etc., into which the edge of the head fits.
a tool used by a cooper for cutting such a groove.
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Origin of croze

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

  • They also believed (according to La Croze) that plants had a principle of animation.

    Phallic Miscellanies|Hargrave Jennings

British Dictionary definitions for croze

croze
/ (krəʊz) /

noun
the recess cut at the end of a barrel or cask to receive the head
a tool for cutting this recess

Word Origin for croze

C17: probably from Old French crues a hollow
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