crare

English

Alternative forms

• craie
• cray
• crayer

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French craier, creer, croyer (“ship of war”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin craiera, perhaps ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic (compare German Krieger (“warrior”), or Dutch krijger).

Noun

crare (plural crares)

1. A slow unwieldy trading vessel.
   • William Shakespeare

     Who ever yet could sound thy bottom? find / The ooze, to show what coast thy sluggish crare / Might easiliest harbour in?

Anagrams

• Cerra, Crear, carer, racer