crame

See also: cramé

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).

Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Yiddish קראָם (krom), Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.

Noun

crame (plural crames)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
2. (chiefly Scotland) A parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit

Etymology 2

Variant of cram.

Verb

crame

1. Archaic spelling of cram.
   • 1599, William Waterman, “The Fardle of Facions”, in Richard Hakluyt, editor, Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation‎^[1], translation of original by Johannes Boemus, archived from the original on 18 February 2009:

     Certaine of the Tartarres, professing the name of Christe, yet farre from his righteousnes: when their parentes waxe aged, to haste their death, crame them with gobins of fatte.

Anagrams

• Carme, McRae, cream, crema, macer, recam

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: crament, crames

Verb

crame

1. inflection of cramer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative