Definition of Cruive

1. n. A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.

Definition of Cruive

1. Noun. (Scotland) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon. ¹

2. Noun. (Scotland) A hovel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cruive

1. croove [n -S] - See also: croove

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cruive

cruiser
cruisers
cruiserweight
cruiserweights
cruises
cruisewear
cruisey
cruisie
cruisier
cruisies
cruisiest
cruising for a bruising
cruisings
cruive (current term)
cruives
cruize
crull
cruller
crullers
crum cake
crumb
crumb-cruncher
crumb-crunchers
crumb-crusher
crumb-crushers
crumb cake
crumb cruncher
crumb crunchers

Literary usage of Cruive

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

1. Memorials of the Aldermen, Provosts, and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, 1272-1895. by Alexander Macdonald Munro (1897)
"Provost Johnston had a charter of a sixth part of the cruive fishing on Don from the Town Council, of date 14th September, 1697, and with consent of his ..."

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