Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Crotched

Crotched (krocht) , adjective

1.
Having a crotch; forked.
2.
Cross; peevish. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
3.
(Billiards) Lying within a crotch; -- said of the object balls in the three-ball carom game whenever the centers of both lie within a 4½-inch square at a corner of the table, in which case but three counts are allowed unless one or both balls be forced out of the crotch.