crotchedadj.
/krɒtʃt/ Having a ‘crotch’ or bifurcation; forked. (Now U.S.)
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the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > forked
fourchedc1330
bi-furked?1545
crotched1587
forcipated1646
bifurcous1656
forcipate1668
forficated1752
forficate1816
furcate1819
bifurcate1835
bifurcated1853
bifurcal1861
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > bifurcated
twiselc1000
forked1398
twisted1398
grained1513
bi-furked?1545
biforked1578
two-forked1579
crotched1587
forken1631
twi-forked1635
bifurcous1656
forky1702
swallow-tailed1726
bidential1730
bifurcate1835
bifurcated1853
bifurcal1861
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) i. xiv. 74/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I A crotched brooke.
1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. vi. 181 He pins them firmly down with a crotched peg.
1868 B. J. Lossing Hudson (new ed.) 12 Two crotched sticks.
1882 Cornhill Mag. May 580 A shaggy roof of bark upheld by crotched saplings.
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