Obs. [OE.; crucet is app. an adaptation of L. cruciātus or its OF. form cruciet.] House of torment; see quot.
1137. O. E. Chron. Sume hi diden in crucethus ð is in an cæste þat was scort & nareu & un dep & dide scærpe stanes þer inne.
[1839. Keightley, Hist. Eng., I. 122. Some they put in the crucet-house, that is in a chest that was short and narrow and not deep, and put sharp stones in it, and forced the man in, and so broke all his limbs.]
