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creaght

/kɹeɪt/

creaght noun: a drove or herd.

Noun

creaght (plural creaghts)

  1. (obsolete) A drove or herd.
    • Owen sent me to hurry off the creaght1835, Samuel Ferguson, “Corby Mac Gillmore”, in The Dublin University Magazine

Forms of creaght

pluralcreaghts

Origin of creaght

Perhaps from a Goidelic language; compare Old Irish graig (“horses (collective)”).

Questions about creaght

What does creaght mean?
Creaght means a drove or herd.
What part of speech is creaght?
Creaght is a noun.
How do you pronounce creaght?
Creaght is pronounced /kɹeɪt/.
What is the plural of creaght?
The plural of creaght is creaghts.

Words near creaght in the dictionary

  1. Creagers
  2. creagh
  3. creaghed
  4. creaghing
  5. creaghs
  6. creaght
  7. creaghts
  8. creak
  9. creaked
  10. creaker
  11. creakers

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