Cratch vs Cranch - What's the difference?
cratch | cranch |
(obsolete) To scratch.
(obsolete) A grated crib or manger.
* Spenser
(nautical) The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.
*1966 , Gervis Frere-Cook, The decorative arts of the mariner :
As verbs the difference between cratch and cranch
is that cratch is (obsolete) to scratch while cranch is .As a noun cratch
is (obsolete) a grated crib or manger.cratch
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) cratchen, .Verb
(es)Etymology 2
From (etyl) cratche, cracche, . More at (l), (l).Noun
(cratches)- Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch , wrapt in a wad of hay.
- The fore-end of the cargo space terminates in a triangular board, called the cratch , raised to the same height as the cabin roof and connected to it [...]