CROTCHET
crotchet
Noun
- A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
- A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook (obsolete except in crochet hook).
- a whim or a fancy
- A forked support; a crotch.
- An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
- The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.
- A bracket.
Verb
- to make needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle; to crochet
- to play music in measured time
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