A fork, or point of division in a road or in a river.
1767. The river to be called by the same name, from the crotch to the mouth.—Tho. Hutchinson, ‘History of Massachusetts Bay,’ ii. 383. (N.E.D.)
1802. A good stand for a Blacksmith at 80 rods distance, in a crotch of roads.—Advt., Mass. Spy, Sept. 29.
1857. Now you see I’m at the crotch of the roads, don’t you?—J. G. Holland, ‘The Bay-Path,’ p. 266.
