Clues for the word "CROTCHET"

We've had 15 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 26 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on August 18, 2025.

Definition of crotchet

n. - A forked support; a crotch.
n. - A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
n. - An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
n. - 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.
n. - A bracket. See Bracket.
n. - An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
n. - A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.
v. i. - To play music in measured time.