/ˈkɹɛə(ɹ)/
OriginFrom Old French craier, creer, croyer (“ship of war”), Late Latin craiera, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic (compare German Krieger (“warrior”), or Dutch krijger).
- A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
“Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? find / The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare / Might easiliest harbour in?”
Formscrares(plural) · craie(alternative) · cray(alternative) · crayer(alternative)