crotchet

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for crotchet

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crotchet : ලහරී

crotchet : හිතුබුද්ධිය

crotchet definition

Noun.

  1. A forked support; a crotch.
  2. A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.
  3. An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
  4. 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.
  5. A bracket. See Bracket.
  6. An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus.
  7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.

Intransitive verb. To play music in measured time.