crockard

Meaning

Noun

• A 13th-century coin minted in Europe as a debased counterfeit copy of the sterling silver penny of King Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

Origin

• From Middle English crocard, from Anglo-Norman crocard/Old French crokard, of uncertain origin. Possibilities include:
• that it is from croc, from a Scandinavian language (compare Old Norse krókr ("hook")) + -ard.
• that it is related to croquier.
• that it is a diminutive of Middle English crok ("a crock, a potsherd").