north. dial. [Allied to prec. vb.] Boughs or branches of crooked and angular growth; used for rustic work or firewood.
1788. W. H. Marshall, Yorksh. (1796), II. 289. ‘Crambles’—firewood boughs, 10s. to 12s. a load.
1855. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Crambles, the large knotted boughs of trees.
1858. W. White, Month in Yorksh., xi. 112. A crammle gate is a rustic gate with zigzaggy rails.
