† Crowd- World English Historical Dictionary

† Crowd- World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. † Crowd-

the stem of CROWD v.1 (see sense 3) in combination, as in Crowd-barrow (now dial.), a wheel-barrow. † Crowd-wain [= Du. kruiwagen, in Kilian krodewaghen], a wheel-barrow, a hand cart.

1

c. 1330.  Amis & Amil., 1858. Thai went … And bought hem a gode croude wain. His lord he gan therin to lain; He no might him bere na mare.

2

c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 105. Crowde, barowyr [? error for crowde-barow], cenivectorium.

3

1674.  N. Fairfax, Bulk & Selv., 111. By shoving or driving of it forwards, as a slouch does a crowd-barrow.

4

a. 1825.  Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Crud-barrow, Crudden-barrow, a common wheel-barrow, to be shoved forward.

5

1847–78.  Halliwell, Crowd-barrow, a wheel-barrow. Norf.

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