Crib, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cribbed (krĭbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Cribbing.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.
I. Taylor.
Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined.
Shak.
2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace.
Dickens.