CRUCK


Meaning of CRUCK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkrək ]

noun

Etymology: probably from dialect form of crook (II) (curved timber)

Date: 1898

: one of a pair of curved timbers forming a principal support of a roof in primitive English house construction

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.