crotchet.
A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
Meaning & usage
A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook
A hook-shaped instrument, especially as used in obstetric surgery.
A whim or a fancy.
A forked support; a crotch.
An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
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.
A square bracket.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.
to play music in measured time
Archaic form of crochet (“knit by looping”).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English crochet, from Old French crochet (“small hook”), from croc + -et (diminutive suffix), from Old Norse krókr (“hook”). The musical note was named so because of a small hook on its stem in black notation (in modern notation this hook is on the quaver/eighth note). Doublet of crochet, crocket, and croquet.
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