crouke
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English crūce, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā.
Noun edit
crouke
- A pitcher, jug.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4158-4159:
- And whan that dronken al was in the crouke,
To bedde went the doghter right anon; [...]- And when all that was in the crock was drunk,
To bed went the daughter right away; [...]
- And when all that was in the crock was drunk,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Reeve's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 4158-4159:
References edit
- “crouke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.