crotched
Example Sentences
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No one saw this more clearly than Gorey’s friend Maurice Sendak, who recalled a cover illustration Gorey did for Melville’s novel “Redburn” featuring a prominently crotched male observer staring at three rough-tradish sailors.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2018
Midway between the central fireplace and the wall were planted 4 to 8 large crotched posts about 10 feet in height, on which heavy beams rested, these serving to support the roof.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
Apparently Ty realized the same thing, for he was seen to be extending that same crotched stick that had before proven so useful.
From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Alan Douglas
First there was the "August Pippin" tree, a great crotched tree, with a trunk as large round as a barrel.
From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
In the latter stood two stout crotched stakes, firmly braced—the handiwork of Pedro and Lourenço.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
