Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Crochet

Crochet (kr?-sh?") , noun

[French crochet small hook. See Croche.]

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.
Collocations (1)
Crochet hook or Crochet needle , a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

Crochet (shād") , verb, transitive and intransitive

To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.