creaght

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/kɹeɪt/

noun

A drove or herd.

OriginGoidelic →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nouncreaght (plural creaghts)

plural creaghts

  1. obsoleteA drove or herd.

    Owen sent me to hurry off the creaght

    1835, Samuel Ferguson, “Corby Mac Gillmore”, in The Dublin University Magazine

Origin

  1. Goidelic
  2. Englishcreaght

Perhaps from a Goidelic language; compare Old Irish graig (“horses (collective)”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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