Crutch Definition
To shear the hindquarters of a sheep; to dag.
Other Word Forms of Crutch
Noun
Origin of Crutch
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From Middle English crucche, from Old English cryċċ (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“crutch, staff”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“wrinkle, bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots curche, crutch (“crutch, stilts”), Dutch kruk (“crutch”), Low German krukke, Krück (“crutch”), German Krücke (“crutch”), Swedish krycka (“crutch”). Latin crucia, crucca, croccia, crocia (“crutch”), and its descendants are ultimately from the Germanic.
From Wiktionary
Middle English crucche from Old English crycc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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