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noun

Crotch n. (pl. crotches)

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree. more specifically, The space on the human torso between the two legs; also, the corresponding part between the legs of a pair of pants, which is in contact with the crotch of the wearer; as, pants with a tight crotch have become very popular.

(Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; called also crane and crutch.

(Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below.

verb

Crotch v. t. (past & past part. crotched; pres. part. crotching)

To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to; as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying knots.

(Logging) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs in hauling. (Western, U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Crotch'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crotch" Quotes from Famous Books

... yellow sail, was a crooked bough, supported obliquely in the crotch of a mast, to which the green bark was still clinging. Here and there were little tufts of moss. The high, beaked prow of that canoe in which the mast was placed, resembled a rude altar; and all round ...

— Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) • Herman Melville

... birch than he bounded up agen just when Old-pot-head's son was a-climbin' thro' the upper branches o' the birch. So he slips over into the top o' the east pine, while I stays in the top o' the west pine, an' the bear sits down in a upper crotch o' the birch. ...

— The Drama of the Forests - Romance and Adventure • Arthur Heming

... baby's be at three days old: This is the robin's almanick; he knows Thet arter this ther' 's only blossom-snows; So, choosin' out a handy crotch an' spouse, He goes to plast'rin' ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 56, June, 1862 • Various

... that was a little gem. It was so thrilling in its details, and so diametrically different from Mr. Webster's style, that I have often wondered who he got to write it for him. It related to the discovery of a boy by an elderly gentleman, in the crotch of an ancestral apple tree, and the feeling of bitterness and animosity that sprung up at the time between the boy and the ...

— Remarks • Bill Nye

... all hope soured on me, Of my fellow-critters' aid— I jest flopped down on my marrow bones, Crotch deep in the snow, and prayed. By this the torches was played out, And me and Isrul Parr Went off for some wood to a sheepfold That he ...

— Standard Selections • Various

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