cruive means A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
cruive is pronounced /kɹuːv/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots cruive, from Middle Scots cruve, crove, from Old Irish cró, from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, *kruwyos, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₁-.
noun
- A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon.“Among other Acts revived are the Act 1424, c. 11 (or 12), the Act 1457, c. 34 (or 86), and the Act 1477, c. 73, statutes which prohibit the use of cruives and yairs, which do not create any exception in favour of the Solway, and which became law before any such exemption was introduced. The Act 1685, c. 20 (or 24) further appointed certain persons called masters of game, in various parts of the co”