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

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

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 Goss, John

Apparently Ty realized the same thing, for he was seen to be extending that same crotched stick that had before proven so useful.

From Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day by Douglas, Alan