crockery
/ˈkrɒk(ə)ri
/noun [mass noun]
Plates, dishes, cups, and other similar items, especially ones made of earthenware or china.She was quite overcome by it all, real bone china crockery, real silver wear....
- They had grabbed ten miniature Crown Derby items of crockery and nine Lladro pottery figures.
- The youth group is collecting cracked and unwanted crockery for their china smashing stall, and a box for donations is in the church.
Synonyms
dishes, pots, crocks, plates, bowls, cups, saucers;
pottery, china, porcelain, earthenware, stoneware, tableware;
dinner service, tea service;
North American dinnerware;
Irish delph
Origin
Early 18th century: from obsolete crocker 'potter', from crock1.
Crockery is from obsolete crocker ‘potter’, from crock, spelt in Old English croc, crocca ‘earthenware pot’. The crock in the expression old crock is a different word, perhaps of Flemish origin. Originally a late Middle English Scots term for an old ewe, it came in the late 19th century to denote an old or broken-down horse. Crone (Late Middle English) has a related history coming from Middle Dutch croonje, ‘old ewe, carcass’ from Old Northern French caroigne meaning both ‘carrion’ and ‘cantankerous woman’. See also carnival