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cruive

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

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  • /kɹuːv/
  • rhymes with -uːv

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noun

Meaning 1

A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, archaic

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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