Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crotch \Crotch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crotched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Crotch"ing}.]
   1. To provide with a crotch; to give the form of a crotch to;
      as, to crotch the ends of ropes in splicing or tying
      knots.

   2. (Logging) To notch (a log) on opposite sides to provide a
      grip for the dogs in hauling. [Western, U. S.]

Crotched \Crotched\, a. (Billiards)
   Lying within a crotch; -- said of the object balls in the
   three-ball carom game whenever the centers of both lie within
   a 41/2-inch square at a corner of the table, in which case
   but three counts are allowed unless one or both balls be
   forced out of the crotch.

Crotched \Crotched\ (kr?cht), a.
   1. Having a crotch; forked.

   2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.