'Crutch' definitions:
Definition of 'crutch'
(from WordNet)
noun
A wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking
noun
Anything that serves as an expedient; "he uses drugs as a psychological crutch"
Definition of 'Crutch'
From: GCIDE
- Crutch \Crutch\, v. t. To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crutch'
From: GCIDE
- Crutch \Crutch\ (kr[u^]ch; 224), n.; pl. Crutches (-[e^]z). [OE. crucche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G. kr["u]cke, Dan. krykke, Sw. krycka, and to E. crook. See Crook, and cf. Cricket a low stool.]
- 1. A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking. [1913 Webster]
- I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. --H. Smith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) (a) A knee, or piece of knee timber. (b) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'crutch'
From: GCIDE
- Crotch \Crotch\ (kr[o^]ch; 224), n.; pl. Crotches (kr[o^]ch"[e^]z). [Cf. Crotchet, Crutch.]
- 1. The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree. more specifically, the space on the human torso between the two legs; also, the corresponding part between the legs of a pair of pants, which is in contact with the crotch of the wearer; as, pants with a tight crotch have become very popular. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Billiards) In the three-ball carom game, a small space at each corner of the table. See Crotched, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'crutch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- baton,
- bearer,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- branch,
- brassiere,
- buttress,
- cane,
- carrier,
- cervix,
- corset,
- crook,
- crosier,
- cross,
- cross-staff,
- crotch,
- crutch-stick,
- delta,
- fan,
- fork,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- furcula,
- furculum,
- girdle,
- groin,
- guy,
- guywire,
- handstaff,
- inguen,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- lituus,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- Malacca cane,
- mast,
- neck,
- offshoot,
- pastoral staff,
- paterissa,
- prong,
- prop,
- quarterstaff,
- ramification,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- shillelagh,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- spine,
- sprit,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stem,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- swagger stick,
- swanking stick,
- trident,
- upholder,
- V,
- walking stick,
- wishbone