Definitions
a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
Word origin
From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin.
Used in a sentence
“Down thro the Cranies of the living Walls / The Crystal Streams descend in murm'ring Falls”
“[H]e peep'd into every Cranny; ſometimes he admir'd the Beauty of the Architecture, and the vaſt Solidity of the Maſon's VVork; at other Times he commended the Symmetry and Proportion of the Rooms.”
“What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though, and thrust in a little lint here and there.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small nook”6 letters
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