crotch

English

/kɹɑtʃ/, /kɹɒtʃ/

noun
Definitions
  • The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
  • The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
  • (slang) Either the male or female genitalia.
  • (billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table.
  • (typography) The open counter (negative space) formed by two downward strokes that meet at an internal acute angle, potentially above a vertex, as in the letters "V" and "Y".

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English crotche derived from Old French croche (shepherd's crook).

Origin

Old French

croche

Gloss

shepherd's crook

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