Sc. Also currach, -och. [Cf. Gaelic curran ‘paniers slung on horses for carrying bulky loads, as hay, corn’ (Macleod). The terminations -an and -ag are both diminutive, as is also -OCK in Eng. and Sc.] pl. A pair of open wooden or wicker frames slung pannier-wise on each side of a horse, for carrying a load of corn, hay, or other bulky stuff. Cf. crooks: CROOK sb. 9.
1792. Statist. Acc. Scot., IV. 395. The fuel was carried in creels and the corns in curracks.
1793. W. Anderson, Piper of Peebles, in C. Rogers, Soc. Life Scot., I. vi. 218. Coops and carts were unco rare An’ creels and currocks boot to sair [i.e., behoved to serve].
1880. Gordon, Bk. Chron. Keith, 443. A load of plants slung over the horse’s back in the ‘Currach’ style.
1892. J. Colville, in Blackw. Mag., Oct., 479/1. Panniers or currochs were laid across the pony’s back.
