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

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

Our beds were constructed by driving a crotched stick down at each corner, and then placing a pole from one to the other.

From The Empty Sleeve or, The Life and Hardships of Henry H. Meacham, in the Union Army by Meacham, Henry H.

The crotched sticks were always there just as they had left them where they hung the kettle over the stone oven.

From Five Little Peppers at School by Heyer, Hermann

A kettle hung suspended over a small fire in front of the tent, and a row of blackened cooking utensils hung from a wooden bar suspended between two crotched stakes.

From The Gold Girl by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)