a. Obs. Also crul, crol(le. [ME., corresp. to Fries. kroll, krull, MDu. crul, MG. (15th c.) krul curly: see Grimm kroll. Not recorded in OE.: cf. CURL.] Curly.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 1999. His hed was crolle, and yolow the here.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 81. A yong Squier … With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse. Ibid., Miller’s T., 128. Crul [v.r. crol, crull, crulle] was his heer.
