crotched

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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

Then he fixed a crotched stick over his fire and hung the birch kettle upon it.

From A Daughter of the Forest by Raymond, Evelyn

To the gunwales amidships two of the men fastened a couple of small crotched posts.

From The Pathless Trail by Friel, Arthur O. (Arthur Olney)

Arrived at the camp, we found two huge iron kettles suspended on a pole, which was supported by crotched stakes, driven in the ground, and each half full of boiling syrup.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

Two crotched stakes were driven firmly in the ground.

From Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various