crouche

• croche, crowch, crowche, cruche

From Old English crūċ, from Latin crucem. Doublet of cross and croys.

The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkruːtʃ(ə)/

crouche (plural crouches or crouchen)

1. cross (wooden frame for crucifixion)
2. A representation of a cross (e.g. a crucifix, the sign of the cross)
3. (rare) Money with a cross on it.
4. A crosier or staff.

• crouchen

• English: crouch (obsolete)

• “crǒuche, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.