CRAKE Meaning of CRAKE in English [crake] n [ME, prob. fr. ON kraka crow or krakr raven; akin to OE crawan to crow] (14c) 1: any of various rails; esp: a short-billed rail (as the corncrake) 2: the corncrake's cry Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012