Crane
English last name
Crane is an English surname, most notably associated with American writers Stephen Crane and Hart Crane.
Stephen Crane wrote *The Red Badge of Courage*; Hart Crane is known for *The Bridge*.
The name also appears in the fictional Ichabod Crane of Washington Irving's *The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*. (Lowercase crane is a bird or lifting machine.)
surname
Greek-origin male name
Ichabod
Haunted New York hamlet
- IrvingMale given name
- schoolmasterMale teacher in charge
- Headless HorsemanMounted specter lacking cranium
- legendUnverified traditional tale
Stephen
Greek-origin male name
Sleepy Hollow
Haunted New York hamlet
- IrvingMale given name
- schoolmasterMale teacher in charge
- Headless HorsemanMounted specter lacking cranium
- Bird namesRobin, Sparrow, Wren, Dove, Falcon
- individual authors CAgatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Cormac McCarthy, C.S. Lewis, Colleen Hoover
- Kung Fu PandaPo, Mantis, Kai, panda, kung fu
- 19th Century AuthorsDickens, Austen, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Twain
- Paper BrandsStrathmore
- West TexasLubbock, Odessa, Amarillo, Abilene, Plainview
mechanical function
Cranewrecking ball
Crane-swung demolition weight
pile driver · crusher · compactor · bulldozer · excavator
- crane gamePrize-grabbing arcade machine
- whooping craneEndangered migratory wetland bird
- paper craneFolded bird figure
- crane your neck
- claw craneCoin-operated prize grabber
- origami craneFolded paper bird
cranes, craned, craning, crane fly, crane operator, sandhill crane, whooping crane