Cran
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A measure of herrings, either imprecise or sometimes legally specified. It has oftentimes been about 37½ imperial gallons, or ~750 herrings on average (up to 1200 or even ~2500). obsolete
"Very flattering indeed has been the success of the fishermen; and many boats have come in loaded, averaging thirty or forty crans each (every cran estimated at 1,000 herrings), and disposed of their cargoes at nine shillings per cran; but the price has been since raised to fifteen shillings."
- 2 An embellishment played on the lowest note of a chanter of a bagpipe, consisting of a series of grace notes produced by rapid sequential lifting of the fingers of the lower hand.
- 3 Alternative form of qiran. alt-of, alternative
- 4 a capacity unit used for measuring fresh herring wordnet
- 5 A barrel made to hold such a measure. broadly, obsolete, rare
- 1 Cranfield University, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
- 2 Acronym of Comprehensive R Archive Network. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 3 A river, Rivière du Cran (Cran River), in Le Domaine-du-Roy Regional County Municipality, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Quebec, Canada, a tributary of the Ashuapmushuan River.
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More examples"Very flattering indeed has been the success of the fishermen; and many boats have come in loaded, averaging thirty or forty crans each (every cran estimated at 1,000 herrings), and disposed of their cargoes at nine shillings per cran; but the price has been since raised to fifteen shillings."
Etymology
Evidently from, or at least influenced by Goidelic; compare Scottish Gaelic crann (“lot, measure of herring, tree, etc.”).
Shortened form of Cranfield taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.