crockard

See also: Crockard

English

Alternative forms

• crokard, crocard, crocarde

Etymology

From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include:

• that it is from croc (“hook”), from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr (“hook”)) + -ard.
• that it is related to croquier (“break in pieces”).
• that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok (“a crock, a potsherd”).

Noun

crockard (plural crockards)

1. (historical, numismatics) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

See also

• brabant, pollard, rosary, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle