crotchn.

Brit.

/krɒtʃ/, U.S.

/krɑtʃ/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s croche.

Etymology: Etymological history obscure. In form it appears to agree with Middle English croche shepherd's crook, crosier, Old Northern French croche ; but in sense it comes nearer to crutch n., of which also, in certain applications, crotch appears as a variant. But crutch and crotch are in current use different words.

Now chiefly U.S. or dialect.

†1. A fork: apparently the agricultural implement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork

forkc1000

graip1459

prong1492

crotch1539

evil1642

yelve1688

prong fork1765

1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. F.v Thrust out nature wyth a croche [L. Naturam expellas furca], yet woll she styll runne backe agayne.

†2. A fork formerly used for holding a weed down on the ground, while it was cut off or dragged up with the weed-hook. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork > other forks

crotch1573

shock fork1856

weeding1921

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47^v In May get a wede hoke, a crotch & a gloue, & wede out such wedes, as the corne do not loue.

1873 J. Fowler in Archæol. XLIV. 179 (Plate) A man, in a garden, cutting up thistles from the plants they grow amongst with a weed-hook and crotch.

1873 J. Fowler in Archæol. XLIV. 207, 220. ]

a. A stake or pole having a forked top, used as a support or prop.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > prop > forked

crotch1573

crotchet1631

crutch1645

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26^v The strawberies looke, to be couerd with straw, layde ouerly trim, vppon crotchis & bowes.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 33^v For hoppoles and crotchis [1577 crotches], in lopping go saue.

1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 1 A Crazy..Fabrick that only stands upon Crotches, and Crotchets.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 161 The Crotches of their Cot in Columns rise [L. furcas subiere columnae].

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. xxii. 162 Four posts or crotches..supporting four equally delicate rods, resting in the crotches.

†b. A forked peg or crook for hanging things on. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > peg or nail

naileOE

percha1325

knagc1440

spirget1567

crotch1573

peg1598

spirket1647

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14^v With crotchis & pinns, to hang trinkets there on.

Categories »

c. Nautical. A forked support for various purposes: see crutch n. 3.

4. The fork of a tree or bough, where it divides into two limbs or branches.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > fork

grain1513

crotch1573

ala1707

clof1789

axil1791

tree-fork1922

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > bifurcation > point at which bifurcation takes place

twisel931

twist1398

fork1677

crotch1758

bifurcation1766

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 44^v The crotch of the bough.

1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 323 Crotch, the forked part of a Tree useful in many cases of Husbandry.

1758 tr. A. S. Maillard Acct. Micmakis & Maricheets 83 Branches of trees..stuck in the ground with the crotch uppermost.

1843–4 T. N. Savage in Boston Jrnl. Nat. Hist. IV They [chimpanzees]..build their habitations in trees.. supported by the body of a limb or a crotch.

1854 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. 374 A platform in the crotch of the tree.

1889 Cent. Mag. Aug. 503/1 (note) A mass of leaves left..in the crotch of the divergent branches.

5. The ‘fork’ or bifurcation of the human body where the legs join the trunk. (Not restricted to U.S. and dialect)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > groin or crotch > [noun]

shareeOE

liskc1175

forchure13..

cleftc1325

fouchc1330

grainsa1400

swange?a1400

groin14..

thigh-holec1425

twist1572

crotcha1592

fork1608

cleaving1632

inguen1679

crutch-

a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. H Some close breetcht to the crotch for cold.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 214 The middle bifurcation at the Crotch.

1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. vi. 198 To be split down the middle, from crown to crotch.

1884 F. J. Child Ballads II. xxix. 259/1 Three hundred years old, with a beard to the crotch.

6. A bifurcation of road or river.

ΚΠ

1725 Lancaster Rec. 240 We marched to ye crotch of ye River.

1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 383 The river to be called by the same name, from the crotch to the mouth.

1780 E. Parkman Diary 204 Mr. Andrews and Mr. Gale..have got to ye crotch of ye Road.1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxii Standing right in the crotch of the roads.

†7. figurative. A dilemma. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > dilemma

a cleft stick1574

quandary?1576

dilemma1590

crotch1622

Morton's Fork1964

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 101 There is a Tradition of a Dilemma that Bishop Morton..vsed, to raise vp the Beneuolence to higher Rates; and some called it his Forke, and some his Crotch [Ellis & Spedding's ed. crutch].

8. Billiards. In the three-ball cannon game a small space, usually four and a half inches square, at each corner of the table.

ΚΠ

1889 Cent. Dict.

1890 J. D. Champlin & A. E. Bostwick Young Folk's Cycl. Games & Sports 82 In match games,..when the centers of both object-balls are within a crotch, the player is not allowed to make more than three caroms unless he force one of the balls out of the crotch.

Compounds

crotch-bound adj. lacking flexibility at the crotch of the body.

ΚΠ

1893 Outing (U.S.) 22 154/2 Green never ran, but wobbled..he was slightly crotch-bound, and had in consequence a ‘rigging stride’.

Categories »

crotch-deep adj. up to the ‘crotch’ or loins.

crotch-stick n. dialect a forked stick.

ΚΠ

1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 9 Pressing it down closely piece by piece with a small crotch-stick.

† crotch-tail n. Obsolete old name of the Kite.

ΚΠ

1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 94 A Crotch-tail, a Kite; Milvus caudâ forcipatâ.

1865 Cornhill Mag. July 41 ‘Crutch-tail’ formerly applied to a Kite.

1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 137 From its forked tail this bird [the Kite] has received the names of Fork tail, Crotch tail (Essex).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crotch
释义	crotchn. Brit. /krɒtʃ/, U.S. /krɑtʃ/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s croche. Etymology: Etymological history obscure. In form it appears to agree with Middle English croche shepherd's crook, crosier, Old Northern French croche ; but in sense it comes nearer to crutch n., of which also, in certain applications, crotch appears as a variant. But crutch and crotch are in current use different words. Now chiefly U.S. or dialect. †1. A fork: apparently the agricultural implement. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork forkc1000 graip1459 prong1492 crotch1539 evil1642 yelve1688 prong fork1765 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. F.v Thrust out nature wyth a croche [L. Naturam expellas furca], yet woll she styll runne backe agayne. †2. A fork formerly used for holding a weed down on the ground, while it was cut off or dragged up with the weed-hook. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > fork > other forks crotch1573 shock fork1856 weeding1921 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 47^v In May get a wede hoke, a crotch & a gloue, & wede out such wedes, as the corne do not loue. 1873 J. Fowler in Archæol. XLIV. 179 (Plate) A man, in a garden, cutting up thistles from the plants they grow amongst with a weed-hook and crotch. 1873 J. Fowler in Archæol. XLIV. 207, 220. ] 3. a. A stake or pole having a forked top, used as a support or prop. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > prop > forked crotch1573 crotchet1631 crutch1645 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26^v The strawberies looke, to be couerd with straw, layde ouerly trim, vppon crotchis & bowes. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 33^v For hoppoles and crotchis [1577 crotches], in lopping go saue. 1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 1 A Crazy..Fabrick that only stands upon Crotches, and Crotchets. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 161 The Crotches of their Cot in Columns rise [L. furcas subiere columnae]. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians I. xxii. 162 Four posts or crotches..supporting four equally delicate rods, resting in the crotches. †b. A forked peg or crook for hanging things on. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > peg or nail naileOE percha1325 knagc1440 spirget1567 crotch1573 peg1598 spirket1647 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 14^v With crotchis & pinns, to hang trinkets there on. Categories » c. Nautical. A forked support for various purposes: see crutch n. 3. 4. The fork of a tree or bough, where it divides into two limbs or branches. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > fork grain1513 crotch1573 ala1707 clof1789 axil1791 tree-fork1922 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [noun] > bifurcation > point at which bifurcation takes place twisel931 twist1398 fork1677 crotch1758 bifurcation1766 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 44^v The crotch of the bough. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 323 Crotch, the forked part of a Tree useful in many cases of Husbandry. 1758 tr. A. S. Maillard Acct. Micmakis & Maricheets 83 Branches of trees..stuck in the ground with the crotch uppermost. 1843–4 T. N. Savage in Boston Jrnl. Nat. Hist. IV They [chimpanzees]..build their habitations in trees.. supported by the body of a limb or a crotch. 1854 J. L. Stephens Incidents Trav. Central Amer. 374 A platform in the crotch of the tree. 1889 Cent. Mag. Aug. 503/1 (note) A mass of leaves left..in the crotch of the divergent branches. 5. The ‘fork’ or bifurcation of the human body where the legs join the trunk. (Not restricted to U.S. and dialect) ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > groin or crotch > [noun] shareeOE liskc1175 forchure13.. cleftc1325 fouchc1330 grainsa1400 swange?a1400 groin14.. thigh-holec1425 twist1572 crotcha1592 fork1608 cleaving1632 inguen1679 crutch- a1592 R. Greene Mamillia (1593) ii. sig. H Some close breetcht to the crotch for cold. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 214 The middle bifurcation at the Crotch. 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. vi. 198 To be split down the middle, from crown to crotch. 1884 F. J. Child Ballads II. xxix. 259/1 Three hundred years old, with a beard to the crotch. 6. A bifurcation of road or river. ΚΠ 1725 Lancaster Rec. 240 We marched to ye crotch of ye River. 1767 T. Hutchinson Hist. Province Massachusets-Bay, 1691–1750 383 The river to be called by the same name, from the crotch to the mouth. 1780 E. Parkman Diary 204 Mr. Andrews and Mr. Gale..have got to ye crotch of ye Road.1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxii Standing right in the crotch of the roads. †7. figurative. A dilemma. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > dilemma a cleft stick1574 quandary?1576 dilemma1590 crotch1622 Morton's Fork1964 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 101 There is a Tradition of a Dilemma that Bishop Morton..vsed, to raise vp the Beneuolence to higher Rates; and some called it his Forke, and some his Crotch [Ellis & Spedding's ed. crutch]. 8. Billiards. In the three-ball cannon game a small space, usually four and a half inches square, at each corner of the table. ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. 1890 J. D. Champlin & A. E. Bostwick Young Folk's Cycl. Games & Sports 82 In match games,..when the centers of both object-balls are within a crotch, the player is not allowed to make more than three caroms unless he force one of the balls out of the crotch. Compounds crotch-bound adj. lacking flexibility at the crotch of the body. ΚΠ 1893 Outing (U.S.) 22 154/2 Green never ran, but wobbled..he was slightly crotch-bound, and had in consequence a ‘rigging stride’. Categories » crotch-deep adj. up to the ‘crotch’ or loins. crotch-stick n. dialect a forked stick. ΚΠ 1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 9 Pressing it down closely piece by piece with a small crotch-stick. † crotch-tail n. Obsolete old name of the Kite. ΚΠ 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 94 A Crotch-tail, a Kite; Milvus caudâ forcipatâ. 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 41 ‘Crutch-tail’ formerly applied to a Kite. 1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 137 From its forked tail this bird [the Kite] has received the names of Fork tail, Crotch tail (Essex). 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