Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Crane

means long-shanks. (Welsh, gar, “the shanks,” whence our gaiter and garter.) Garan is the long-shanked bird, contracted into g'ran, crane; heron is another form of the same word.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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