cruive

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/kɹuːv/

noun

A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.

OriginScots cruive ← Middle Scots cruve ← Old Irish cró →
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Meanings

nouncruive (plural cruives)

plural cruives

  1. ScotlandarchaicA kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*krewH-
  2. Proto-Celtic*kruwos
  3. Old Irishcró
  4. Middle Scotscruve
  5. Scotscruive
  6. Englishcruive

Borrowed from Scots cruive, from Middle Scots cruve, crove, from Old Irish cró, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *krewH-.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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