Coopering. [f. prec. or its F. source.] trans. To make the croze in (cask staves, etc.). Hence Crozing vbl. sb.; also attrib.
1880. Times, 9 Oct., 10/3. The chining, crozing, and howelling machine.
1883. Fisheries Exhib. Catal., 83. Machine for chiming, crozing and howelling casks.
