Crotch

·add. ·vt To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a grip for the dogs in hauling.

II. Crotch ·add. ·noun In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. ·see Crotched, below.

III. Crotch ·noun 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.

IV. Crotch ·noun A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, ·etc.;

— called also crane and crutch.

V. Crotch ·add. ·vt 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.