English Explanatory Dictionary

cruive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.

Pronunciation

/kɹuːv/

Word forms

cruive cruives

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots cruive, from Middle Scots cruve, crove, from Old Irish cró, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁-.

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