schrank

plural schranks

1. alternativeAlternative form of shrank.

   I have a seven-foot-tall, fifty-four-inch-wide walnut piece that I believe is a linen press or a schrank (what is the difference?) Its two doors and two drawers open to the front.

   1989, Ramona Henderson, “Queries”, in Americana, volume 17, New York, N.Y.: Americana Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 67, column 3

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   Because carrier liability for most shipments other than domestic (in CONUS) moves is predicated on the agreed item weight found in the Joint Military-Industry Table of Weights, it is critical that items noted on the claim be correctly named. If an item is a schrank, list it as such. Some claimants mistakenly list a schrank as a wall unit, which carries much lower liability.

   1988 February, Phyllis Schultz, “Notice of Loss or Damage”, in David R. Getz, editor, The Army Lawyer (Department of the Army Pamphlet 27–50–182), Charlottesville, Va.: The Judge Advocate General’s School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 65

   When the house was restored, two baths were added, 1930s style. They are straightforward and compact, and although the fixtures were updated in the 1970s, space is still at a premium. Nor is there a plenitude of closets. “In the master bedroom we’ve got a schrank,” the husband says, “a kind of wardrobe found in Pennsylvania Dutch households. Aside from that, there’s a very significant lack of storage space.”

   1988 June, Charles Bricker, “American Heritage in Ohio: Distinguished Collection for a Historic Farmhouse”, in Architectural Digest: The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design, Los Angeles, Calif.: Architectural Digest Publishing Corp., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 104, column 3

   Less than six feet high, this softwood schrank was made in Switzerland in 1779. […] Fifty years ago it was very difficult to get a starting bid on a schrank at a public auction; no one wanted one and they seemed worthless. When I found a schrank at an antiques shop in Lititz, Pennsylvania, then, the dealer at first refused to put a price on it, for he planned to cut it up to repair antique walnut furniture.

   1990, Pennsylvania Folklife, volumes 40–42, Lancaster, Pa.: Pennsylvania Dutch Folklore Center, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 82

   Schranks have become very “hot” items in recent years. In fact, a New England dealer is importing them from Germany today, and running big advertisements. I would think she would do better in Pennsylvania, but she seems to be doing all right. Pronounced “shrunks,” these wardrobes were not clothespresses, which have several rows of drawers in the bottom and an area large enough to hang a shirt, but not a coat. […] Most of the schranks made in Pennsylvania, 1750-1800, were made of walnut.

   1995, Henry J. Kauffman, “Pennsylvania-German Schranks”, in Henry’s Dutch Country Anthology, Morgantown, Pa.: Masthof Press, →ISBN, pages 129–130

   Across the field from the other Lampeter tract Weaver dwellings, this house contains pre-Revolutionary War doors and a schrank from an earlier dwelling in its annex (left end of house). […] A later annex to the 1810 house used three doors with tapered and dove-tailed battens fastened with blacksmith nails and a schrank featuring rattail hinges from a pre-Revolutionary War dwelling.

   1997, Mary Lou Weaver Houser with Carolyn Ehst Groff, A Weaver’s Source Book: Uphome with Jonas and Emma, [Lancaster, Pa.]: M.L.W. Houser, →ISBN, pages 34–35