Word Meaning

crotchet definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for crotchet

- Musical note