Cratch
Cratch (kr?ch; 224) , noun
[Old English cracche, crecche, French crèche crib, manger, from Old High German krippa, krippea, German krippe crib. See Crib.]
A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obsolete]
Begin from first where He encradled was,
In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay.
Collocations (1)
Cratch cradle , a representation of the figure of the cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also scratch cradle.