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Crotch vs Cratch - What's the difference?

crotch | cratch |

As nouns the difference between crotch and cratch

is that crotch is the area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place while cratch is (obsolete) a grated crib or manger.

As a verb cratch is

(obsolete) to scratch.

crotch

English

Noun

(es)
  • The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place.
    • ''There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.
  • The (ventral) area of a person’s body where the legs fork from the trunk
    • Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.
  • (slang, euphemistic) Either the male or female genitalia.
    • ''He cringed at being kicked in the crotch .

    Derived terms

    * crotch area * crotch seam * split crotch

    cratch

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cratchen, .

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To scratch.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) cratche, cracche, . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (cratches)
  • (obsolete) A grated crib or manger.
  • * Spenser
    • Begin from first where He encradled was, / In simple cratch , wrapt in a wad of hay.
  • (nautical) The vertical planks at the forward end of the hold of a traditional English narrowboat which constrain the cargo and support the top plank or walkway.
  • *1966 , Gervis Frere-Cook, The decorative arts of the mariner :
    • The fore-end of the cargo space terminates in a triangular board, called the cratch , raised to the same height as the cabin roof and connected to it [...]
    Derived terms
    * cratch cradle