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plural crucks
(architecture) A sturdy timber with a curve or angle used for primary framing of a timber house, usually used in pairs. quotations examples
Historic England explained the listing: "The station's unique design employs a high level of sophistication and innovation through its use of conoid shells supported on a cruck-like frame, which not only create a dramatic aesthetic form, but endow the building with a light and spacious interior."
2023 March 22, Philip Haigh, “Five configuration stages to boost Manchester rail capacity”, in RAIL, number 979, page 31
third-person singular simple present crucks, present participle crucking, simple past and past participle crucked
(dialectal, transitive) To make lame. examples
A vehicle that has features of both a car and a truck. quotations examples
It was a car/truck. The cab had two seats like a car and the back had a flat cut out for cargo like a truck. People used to call it a 'Cruck'.
2010, Michael Thoreau, Oh Brother, Why?
It was a half car, half truck. I christened it the “Cruck”.
2011, Karl J. Stenstrom, The Low Road