Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500). · A barrel made to hold such a measure.
Evidently from, or at least influenced by Goidelic; compare Scottish Gaelic crann (“lot, measure of herring, tree, etc.”).
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- Cognate mentioncranngd
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