Definition of Creance

1. n. Faith; belief; creed.

2. v. i. & t. To get on credit; to borrow.

Definition of Creance

1. Noun. (context: falconry) A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a raptor during training flights. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creance

1. the cord used in training a hawk [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creance

creaminesses
creaming
creamless
creamlike
creamometer
creampies
creampuff
creampuffs
creams
creamsicle
creamsicles
creamware
creamwares
creamy
creance (current term)
creances
creant
crease
crease-resistant
crease wound
creased
creaseless
creaseproof
creaseproofed
creaseproofing
creaseproofs
creaser
creasers
creases

Literary usage of Creance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Civil Code of Lower Canada by Québec (Province), William Prescott Sharp (1889)
"... pour lesquelles il a une creance privilegiee sur 1'immeuble dont on lui ... mais il peut exercer sa creance privilegiee sur le prix de 1'immeuble qui ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith (1868)
"... s'oblige de la lui rendre apres que sa creance aura ete ... les percevoir en paiement et deduction de sa creance, et il en doit compter au debiteur. ..."

3. The Art and Practice of Hawking by Edward Blair Michell (1900)
"After a while she will be flown to it in a creance, that is, a line attached to the end of the leash, or, better still, to^ the swivel, from which the leash ..."

4. Civil Code of Lower Canada by Québec (Province), William Prescott Sharp (1889)
"... pour lesquelles il a une creance privilegiee sur 1'immeuble dont on lui ... mais il peut exercer sa creance privilegiee sur le prix de 1'immeuble qui ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench, and by William Mawdesley Best, George James Philip Smith (1868)
"... s'oblige de la lui rendre apres que sa creance aura ete ... les percevoir en paiement et deduction de sa creance, et il en doit compter au debiteur. ..."

6. The Art and Practice of Hawking by Edward Blair Michell (1900)
"After a while she will be flown to it in a creance, that is, a line attached to the end of the leash, or, better still, to^ the swivel, from which the leash ..."

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