Definition of "crout" [crout]

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• "CHILD: And think a crout (ph) of tomato in one ..."
• "There is a pickled cabbage called ‘sour crout’ my cousin James imports from Bremen for some of the Bristol sea captains because it is cheaper than extract of malt, which is a very good antiscorbutic."
• "But the trouble with sour crout is that sailors loathe it and have to be flogged to eat it."