A house. To crack a crib: to break open a house.
TO CRIB
To purloin, or appropriate to one's own use, part of any thing intrusted to one's care.
·noun A miner's luncheon. II. Crib ·noun A small raft of timber. III. Crib ·noun A hovel; a hut; a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
a kind of rack for holding hay for cows, also for holding sucking calves. N. and S. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A small berth in a packet. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun A horse that has the habit of cribbing. ...
·noun ·same·as <<Cribbing>>, 4. ...
To make a sham fight. BEAR GARDEN TERM. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose