croyn.
/krɔɪ/, U.S. /krɔɪ/, Scottish English /krɔɪ/ Scottish.
A structure in a river designed to hold back the water and restrict it to a certain channel; also = cruive n. 4.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > wicker barrier
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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.
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