Cerucuh (also written as cheruchoh, charochah, cheruchup, cerucah, and cerucup)[1]: 43, 316 [2]: 52 [3]: 202 [4]: 202 [5]: 95 is an ancient, small Malay trading boat.[6]: 271 One of the earliest record of cerucuh has a background of 14th century, being mentioned in
Malay Annals which was composed no earlier than 17th century, being used by
Majapahit empire during the first
Majapahit attack on Singapura (1350). Malay Annals recorded:
Maka betara Majapahitpun menitahkan hulubalangnya berlengkap perahu akan menyerang Singapura itu, seratus buah jung; lain dari itu beberapa melangbing dan kelulus, jongkong, cerucuh, tongkang, tiada terhisabkan lagi banyaknya.
So the king of Majapahit ordered his war commander to equip vessels for attacking Singapore, a hundred
jong; other than that a few
melangbing and
kelulus;
jongkong, cerucuh,
tongkang, all in uncountable numbers.[7]
^Hill, A. H. (June 1960).
"Hikayat Raja-Raja Pasai". Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 33 (2 (190)): 1–215.
JSTOR41505497 – via JSTOR.
^Iskandar, Teuku (1984). Kamus Dewan. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.