a. [f. CREAK sb. or v. + -Y.] Characterized by creaking, apt to creak; transf. that creaks under a slight strain, crazy, frail.
1834. Sir F. B. Head, Bubbles fr. Brunnens, 362. Ailments to which our creaky frames are subject.
1861. Times, 23 May. I like a woman to wait at table…. Men always have creaky boots.
1878. Mrs. H. Wood, Pomeroy Ab. (ed. 3), 149. Mrs. Pomeroy sat … on a low stool creaky with age.
