A large earthenware pot or jug, typically used for storing or pouring liquids like water or wine.
From Old French 'cruche,' derived from Late Latin 'cructa,' possibly from Frankish roots related to vessels. The word traveled through Romance languages and entered English during medieval times.
This humble word reveals how pottery was so important to medieval life that the container itself became a common term—cruches appear in countless historical records and still exist in museum collections as everyday objects that lasted centuries.
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