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1 definition found 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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