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crants

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A garland carried before the bier of a maiden and subsequently hung over the grave.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1888 August 29, unknown author, quoted in 1983, William Benzie, Dr. F. J. Furnivall: Victorian scholar adventurer, page 181, In the Derby Mercury for August 29, 1888, a correspondent writes, "Henceforth, Ashford Church with its paper garlands or crantses should be visited by all Shakespeare students far and near."

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Compare Dutch krans, German Kranz.