crib1 (krib)

[ OF. creche, > E. cratch2, q. v.), also chripfa, krippha, MHG. krippe, kripfe, G. krippe = Icel. krubba = Sw. krubba = Dan. krybbe, a crib, manger. In senses 14-16, the noun is from the verb.] 1. The manger or rack of a stable or house for cattle; a feeding-place for cattle; the manger in which Christ was born. See bambino. A crevice; a chink. [Prov. Eng.] crevist, n. An obsolete form of crawfish.