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Definition of Crotches
1. crotch [n] - See also: crotch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crotches
Literary usage of Crotches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. William Clayton's Journal: A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original by William Clayton (1921)
"There are four upright crotches on each side the porch and in the ... The crotches
are arranged so that there is a free passage to the center of the hall ..."
2. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon (1874)
"crotches formed in the frames, and these crotches have angular faces with a ...
To slot or shape these crotches or pockets an angular movement of the tool ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"They form, when first deposited, frothy, oval, snowy white patches about an inch
in length, on the tree trunks, tn the crotches of the larger branches, ..."
4. The Peach: The Kansas Peach by William H. Barnes (1899)
"These occur not only in the crotches of the smaller and sometimes •quite large
branches, but many of the larvae utilize the roughened bark at any point. ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Numbers Per Cent 1920 71 65 1 1921 38 34 9 78 'i.! u 43 36.4 In l»oth years atout
two-thirds of the nests were found on branches and one third in crotches. ..."
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