Sc. & n. dial. thraw-crook. [f. THROW v.1 + CROOK sb.] A hooked implement for ‘throwing’ or twisting coarse rope from hay, straw, or hair.

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a. 1568.  Wowing of Jok & Jynny, 68, in Bannatyne Poems, 389. Ane thrawcruk to twyne ane tedder.

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1828.  J. Struthers, Hist. Scot., II. 624. Ropes of hair, twined upon the thrawcrook.

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1829.  Brockett, N. C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Thrawcrook, an instrument acting on a swivel for twisting ropes.

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1844.  Stephens, Bk. Farm, III. 1092. The simplest instrument is the old-fashioned throw-crook.

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