noun🔗Share(sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body."He returned from war a cripple."humanpersonbodyconditionsufferingmedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window."The carpenter installed the cripples above the window frame to support the wall. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareScrapple."My grandfather makes cripples every year after butchering the pig, using the leftover bits to create this Pennsylvania Dutch delicacy. "foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream."The loggers carefully navigated the raft through the cripples, avoiding the sharp rocks hidden just below the surface of the rushing water. "geographyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
