crannock

English

Alternative forms

carnok, carnock, cornock, cornook, crennock, crenneke, krenneke, cren-, cryn-, crineoke, curnock

Etymology

Possibly Welsh.

Noun

crannock (plural crannocks)

1. An old Irish measure of corn equivalent to the quarter. The crannock of oats appears to contain two quarters, as sometimes occurs with its English equivalent.
   • 1795, John Ash, The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume 1:

     Cran'nock (s.) An ancient measure of corn.

   • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 167:

     In Ireland the crannock is used instead of the quarter. It is, however, plainly identical with it, being divided into the same number of bushels and pecks.

References

“crannock”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.