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

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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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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Other examples are:—"The horse take him mout' fe 'cratch him foot," the horse scratches his leg with his mouth.

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