Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crotches"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crotch \Crotch\ (kr?ch; 224), n.; pl. {Crotches} (-?z). [Cf.
{Crotchet}, {Crutch}.]
1. 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.
2. (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms
for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also
{crane} and {crutch}. --Totten.
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