crut

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noun

A cross-measure tunnel or drift.

UncommonScrabble 6

Meanings

crut1

nouncrut (plural cruts)

plural cruts

  1. businessA cross-measure tunnel or drift.
verbcrut (third-person singular simple present cruts, present participle crutting, simple past and past participle crutted)

present singular third person cruts · participle present crutting · participle past crutted · past crutted

  1. businessTo work as a crutter.

crut2

noun
  1. archaicThe rough, shaggy part of oak bark

crut3

nouncrut (plural cruts)

plural cruts

  1. UKdialectalA dwarf.

CRUT4

nounCRUT (plural CRUTs)

plural CRUTs

  1. abbreviationacronymbusinessAcronym of charitable remainder unitrust.

Origin

Compare French croûte (“crust”).

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APA

crut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crut

MLA

“crut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crut.

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