[Cf. MHG. kros, krös, kalbskrös, schweinskrös, etc., mesentery, Du. kroos, kroost ‘intestina, venter cum intestinis’ (Kilian), mod.Du. kroos giblets; but also LG. krage ‘gekröse,’ mesentery, and its allied forms in Grimm s.v. kragen 1962.] The mesentery of an animal.
1662. J. Chandler, Van Helmont’s Oriat., 179. The meat and drink ascends into the Chyle or juyce of the stomach, into the juyce of the mesentery or Crow.
1804. Farley, Lond. Art of Cookery (ed. 10). The harslet, which consists of the liver, crow, kidneys, and skirts.
c. 1818. Yng. Woman’s Companion, 2. The liver and crow are much admired fried with bacon.
