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

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)

Its construction was begun by drawing a circle on the ground, and on the outline setting a number of crotched posts, in which beams were laid.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

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

In the latter stood two stout crotched stakes, firmly braced—the handiwork of Pedro and Lourenço.

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