crouke

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crowke

Etymology

From Old English crūce, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā.

Noun

crouke

1. 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; [...]

References

• “crouke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.