cruive

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Scots cruive, from Middle Scots cruve, crove, from Old Irish cró, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹuːv/ Rhymes: -uːv === Noun === cruive (plural cruives) (archaic, Scotland) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon. Coordinate term: yair === References === “cruive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === cuvier == Scots == === Noun === cruive (plural cruives) hovel enclosure; fold cruive