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crotal en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Either from French crotale or directly from Latin crotalum. Ultimately from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper”). Doublet of crotalum.

Meanings

1. A crotalum, a type of clapper used in Ancient Greece.
2. A small round bell or rattle; a jingle bell.
   • The earliest type animal bell used was the crotal or sleigh bell. Rather than a round ball as we know it today, it was a birdcage style with pebble rolling around inside. 1970, Dorothy Malone Anthony, The World of Bells, page 14:
   • The tumuli of most of these people have yielded bells, of both the crotal and swinging-clapper varieties. 1978, Nathaniel Spear, A Treasury of Archaeological Bells, page 14:

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crotal en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic crotal.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of crottle (“a lichen used for dyeing”).
   alt of crottle

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