Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Encroach

means literally to put on a hook, or to hook on. Those who hook on a little here and a little there. (French, en croc, on a hook.)

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