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† crowd- the stem of crowd v.1 (see sense 3) in combination, as in crowd-barrow (now dial.), a wheel-barrow. † crowd-wain [= Du. kruiwagen, in Kilian krodewaghen], a wheel-barrow, a hand cart.
c1330Amis & Amil. 1858 Thai went..And bought hem a gode croude wain. His lord he gan therin to lain; He no might him bere na mare. c1440Promp. Parv. 105 Crowde, barowyr [? error for crowde-barow], cenivectorium. 1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 111 By shoving or driving of it forwards, as a slouch does a crowd-barrow. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Crud-barrow, Crudden-barrow, a common wheel-barrow, to be shoved forward. 1847–78Halliwell, Crowd-barrow, a wheel-barrow. Norf. |