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cruck
[ kruhk ]
noun
- (in old English building) one of a pair of naturally curved timbers forming one of several rigid arched frames supporting the roof of a cottage or farm building.
cruck
/ °ì°ùÊŒ°ì /
noun
- one of a pair of curved wooden timbers supporting the end of the roof in certain types of building
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cruck1
C19: variant of crook (n)
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No one has seen today an original cruck building in this country, but early Virginia possessed hundreds and perhaps thousands of cruck fabrics.
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Now, about the third construction type, the cruck.
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The "cruck" church of 1607, the first substantial church, which, according to Smith, was covered by rushes, boards, and earth.
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Like the palisade and puncheon methods, the cruck was medieval down to its very core.
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When he spoke of crotchet, he probably meant cruck, of which it was a later derivative.
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