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
It was made of two springy poles held in place by crotched sticks driven into the ground.
From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
Accordingly, after eating a hearty breakfast, he cut crotched sticks and drove them into the ground on either side of the fire and placed green poles across, over the fire.
From Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield by John Goss
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
To the gunwales amidships two of the men fastened a couple of small crotched posts.
From The Pathless Trail by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
