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CROTCHES
CROTCHES, (fourcats, Fr. croccia, Ital.) a name given to those crooked timbers that are placed upon the keel in the fore and hind-parts of a ship, upon which the frame of her hull grows narrower below, as it approaches the stem afore, and the stern-post abaft.CROTCHES, (cornes, Fr.) are also certain pieces of wood or iron, whose upper-part opens into two horns, or arms, like a half-moon. They are fixed in different places of the ship, according to the uses for which they may be designed, which is usually to support the spare-masts, yards, &c. The iron crotches are exhibited in plate II. fig. 26.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 90, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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