ppl. a. Pa. pple. of CREEP v.; spec. in Coal-mining, that has been subjected to a ‘creep.’
1628. J. Doughty, Sermon, 25. A crept in falshood.
1861. Trans. N. Eng. Inst. Min. Engineers, IX. 24. [This] had evidently brought on a heavy creep as shown in the section of crept bords.
1867. W. W. Smyth, Coal & Coal-mining, 132. The workings are closely filled with rubbish, and there remain the isolated crept pillars, only accessible by fresh and dangerous workings.
Crept, pa. t. and pa. pple. of CREEP v.
