'Crotchet' definitions:

Definition of 'crotchet'

From: WordNet
noun
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook [syn: hook, crotchet]
noun
A musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note [syn: quarter note, crotchet]
noun
A strange attitude or habit [syn: oddity, queerness, quirk, quirkiness, crotchet]
noun
A small tool or hooklike implement

Definition of 'Crotchet'

From: GCIDE
  • Crotchet \Crotch"et\ (kr?ch"?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.]
  • 1. A forked support; a crotch. [1913 Webster]
  • The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mus.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mil.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Print.) A bracket. See Bracket. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit. [1913 Webster]
  • He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crotchet'

From: GCIDE
  • Crotchet \Crotch"et\, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] --Donne. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'crotchet'

From: GCIDE
  • Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'crotchet'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Crotchet'