Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fourch'e \Four`ch['e]"\ (f[=oo]r`sh[asl]"), a. [F. See {Fork}.]
   (Her.)
   Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the
   branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; -- said of an
   ordinary, especially of a cross.