An archaic or dialectal term for a stringed instrument, possibly related to a crwth or similar medieval lute-like instrument.
From Middle English 'crout,' possibly related to Welsh 'crwth' (a bowed string instrument) and Old Welsh roots. The term is largely obsolete in modern English.
Medieval musicians gave each weird stringed instrument a different name—'crout,' 'crwth,' 'crowd'—which makes sense when you're trying to describe instruments that look like nothing else!
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