3. (Mech.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
4. A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse. [Slang.]
Crop"sick` (kr?"s?k`), a. Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] "Cropsick drunkards." Tate. -- Crop"sick`ness, n. [Obs.] Whitlock.
Crop"-tailed` (-t?ld`), a. Having the tail cropped.
Cro*quet" (kr?-k?"), n. [From French; cf. Walloon croque blow, fillip. F. croquet a crisp biscuit, croquer to crunch, fr. croc a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet then properly meant a smart tap on the ball.]
1. An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.