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

But he had no crotched stick, without which he would have been a cypher, and then, as he had never attempted the game, he knew he possessed no skill.

From Camp-fire and Wigwam by Ellis, Edward Sylvester

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 Bushnell, David Ives

And as for my Saguenay, he instantly squatted by the fire, fixed his mirror on a crotched stick, and fell to adorning himself by the red glow of the coals.

From The Little Red Foot by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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 Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)