cruck
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɹʌk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Northern England, Ireland) IPA(key): /kɹʊk/
- Rhymes: -ʌk
Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps from a dialectal variant of crutch or crook.
Noun
[edit]cruck (plural crucks)
- (architecture) A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs.
- 1952: To construct such a house, it is necessary to select an oak with a branch growing out at an angle of about 45°; the upper part of the tree, above the fork, having been cut off, the trunk and branch are roughly squared and divided in half . If the two halves are then placed opposite one another, with the branch ends pegged together, they constitute what was usually known as a 'cruck' or, more correctly, 'a pair of crucks'. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 195.
- 2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31:
- Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior."
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]cruck (third-person singular simple present crucks, present participle crucking, simple past and past participle crucked)
- (dialectal, transitive) To make lame.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]cruck (plural crucks)
- A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck.
- 2010, Michael Thoreau, Oh Brother, Why?:
- It was a car/truck. The cab had two seats like a car and the back had a flat cut out for cargo like a truck. People used to call it a 'Cruck'.
- 2011, Karl J. Stenstrom, The Low Road:
- It was a half car, half truck. I christened it the “Cruck”.
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