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What does crotchet mean?

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Noun
  1. (music) A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.
  2. A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook (obsolete except in crochet hook).
  3. (archaic) a whim or a fancy
  4. A forked support; a crotch.
  5. (military, historical) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.
  6. (military) 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.
  7. (printing) A square bracket.
Verb
  1. to make needlework by looping thread with a hooked needle; to crochet
  2. (obsolete) to play music in measured time
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