French crown
/frɛn(t)ʃ ˈkraʊn/Now historical
noun
1An English name for: the écu, a French gold coin of the 15th and 16th centuries, with a value of four English shillings.
- The name continued to be used of the silver écu of the late 16th cent., which retained the same denominational value..
2Used punningly: the baldness caused by syphilis.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Nicholas Udall (1504–1556), schoolmaster and playwright. From French + crown, so called to distinguish it from the coin of the same name minted in England.
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