ˈthrow-crook
Sc. & n. dial. ˈthrawcrook.
[f. throw v.1 + crook n.]
A hooked implement for ‘throwing’ or twisting coarse rope from hay, straw, or hair.
| a 1568 Wowing of Jok & Jynny 68 in Bannatyne Poems 389 Ane thrawcruk to twyne ane tedder. 1828 J. Struthers Hist. Scot. II. 624 Ropes of hair twined upon the thraw⁓crook. 1829 Brockett N.C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Thrawcrook, an instrument acting on a swivel for twisting ropes. 1844 Stephens Bk. Farm III. 1092 The simplest instrument is the old-fashioned throw-crook. |