Also 6 crubbe, 7 crubb. [By metathesis for curb.] A variant of CURB sb., still in dialect use. See esp. quot. 1890.
1565. Richmond Wills (Surtees), 178. 1 brode pan and a crubbe to the same.
1636. MS. Accts. Hull Charterhouse. A great brewing copper … set in a wooden crubb.
1890. Baring-Gould, Old Country Life, 205. The packhorse had crooks on its back, and the goods were hung to these crooks…. The short crooks, called crubs, were slung in a similar manner. These were of stouter fabric, and formed an angle; these were used for carrying heavy materials.
