croyn.

Brit.

/krɔɪ/, U.S.

/krɔɪ/, Scottish English

/krɔɪ/

Etymology: Formed from early Scots croys , plural of cro wattled enclosure for catching fish: compare crew n.², croo n., cruive n.

Scottish.

A structure in a river designed to hold back the water and restrict it to a certain channel; also = cruive n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > wicker barrier

croy1825

willow curtaina1884

1493 in Acts of Lords Auditors of Causes & Complaints 1466–1494 (1839) 179/2 Johne Erskin..dois na wrang In the occupationn of the Croys of montross and fisching of the sammyn.]

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Croy, a mound, or kind of quay, projecting into a river, for the purpose of breaking the force of the stream, and guarding the adjacent ground from encroachments, Perths.

a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 652/1 Croy, a mound or structure projecting into a stream, to break the force of the water on a particular part and prevent encroachments.

1880 Sc. Naturalist 5 258 It [sc. a cormorant] frequented a croy at Benchill fishing-station.

1908 Baily's Mag. May 380 Croys may be convenient for casting from.

1909 W. L. Calderwood Salmon Rivers Scotl. 70 At Edradynate the system of croy-building has been carefully developed by Mr. H. W. Johnston, so that in one large pool alone..there are eleven croys.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	croy
释义	croyn. Brit. /krɔɪ/, U.S. /krɔɪ/, Scottish English /krɔɪ/ Etymology: Formed from early Scots croys , plural of cro wattled enclosure for catching fish: compare crew n.², croo n., cruive n. Scottish. A structure in a river designed to hold back the water and restrict it to a certain channel; also = cruive n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > wicker barrier croy1825 willow curtaina1884 1493 in Acts of Lords Auditors of Causes & Complaints 1466–1494 (1839) 179/2 Johne Erskin..dois na wrang In the occupationn of the Croys of montross and fisching of the sammyn.] 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Croy, a mound, or kind of quay, projecting into a river, for the purpose of breaking the force of the stream, and guarding the adjacent ground from encroachments, Perths. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 652/1 Croy, a mound or structure projecting into a stream, to break the force of the water on a particular part and prevent encroachments. 1880 Sc. Naturalist 5 258 It [sc. a cormorant] frequented a croy at Benchill fishing-station. 1908 Baily's Mag. May 380 Croys may be convenient for casting from. 1909 W. L. Calderwood Salmon Rivers Scotl. 70 At Edradynate the system of croy-building has been carefully developed by Mr. H. W. Johnston, so that in one large pool alone..there are eleven croys. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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