crancen.
/krɑːns//krans/ Nautical. (See quot. 1846.)
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1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. (at cited word) Crance, a kind of iron cap on the outer end of the bowsprit, through which the jib-boom traverses. Also a name sometimes given to any boom-iron.
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