noun, verb — 4 senses
Business, Mining A cross-measure tunnel or drift.
Business, Mining To work as a crutter.
Etymology Compare French croûte (“crust”).
Archaic The rough, shaggy part of oak bark
UK, Dialectal A dwarf.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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