crotchet
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑt͡ʃ.ɪt/
The English word “crotchet” has 9 meanings listed here.
noun
- A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
- A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
- A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
- 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 square bracket.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.
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