Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In hunting, one of the forks or haunches of a door. Also fouch.
  • To divide into four quarters, as a deer.

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  • The sides and deck-roof were of a yellow ground, and covered with paintings of flowers, leaves, fruit, insects, birds, monkeys, dogs, and cats; some of those latter animals were what in heraldic language would be called _queue-fourchée_.

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