English word cribbage comes from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, and later Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (A stall; crib. A wickerwork; crate; wooden trough; manger.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *grebʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *kribjǭ | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | A stall; crib. A wickerwork; crate; wooden trough; manger. |
| cribb | Old English (ang) | Manger; stall. |
| crib | Middle English (enm) | |
| crib | English (en) | (Indian English) To complain, to grumble. (intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.. (intransitive, of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.. (transitive) To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.. (transitive) To place or confine [...] |
| cribbage | English (en) | (card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.. A point scored in this variety of pocket billiards.. A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular [...] |
