Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Marked or measured by crotchets.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
crotchet .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word crotcheted.
Examples
-
My current plan is, once Ellen has her baby, I'll close off the jumper somehow, stuff it, and make it into a little crotcheted Cthuluish toy.
ana-ng Diary Entry ana-ng 2009
-
The lace on it is a diamond pattern very pretty crotcheted.
Gamble Letter #38 Trish Short Lewis 2006
-
To the left, she could see a parlor with a large fireplace, comfortable looking couches, a crotcheted rug, and a huge Christmas tree, decorated with lights and ornaments and tinsel.
Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark Ebook Christmas Set Mary Higgins Clark 2000
-
The butler suavely tries to inform her; the housekeeper removed the white crotcheted scarfs and things from the gilded chairs, and I am sure Mrs. Denning had a heartache about their loss; but she saw that they had also vanished from Dora's parlor, so she took the hint, and accepted the lesson.
-
He thinks it would have been more "moral" if Mme. de Clèves had actually succumbed as a punishment for her self-reliance (certainly one of the most remarkable topsyturvifications of morality ever crotcheted); is, of course, infinitely shocked at being asked and induced to "interest himself in a prostitute and a card-sharper" by _Manon Lescaut_; and, equally of course, extols Richardson, though it is fair to say that he speaks well of _Tom Jones_.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 George Saintsbury 1889
-
The butler suavely tries to inform her; the housekeeper removed the white crotcheted scarfs and things from the gilded chairs, and I am sure Mrs. Denning had a heartache about their loss; but she saw that they had also vanished from
The Man Between, an International Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
-
A knitted or crotcheted hat, with woollen rosettes over the ears, is, in the winter time, an excellent hat for a child subject to ear-ache.
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Pye Henry Chavasse 1844
-
That old framed behind glass photo of the siblings is another favorite as well as the old doll cup and plates and the crotcheted collar.
-
That old framed behind glass photo of the siblings is another favorite as well as the old doll cup and plates and the crotcheted collar.
-
Many of them would welcome a diversion (from their real or imaginary ailments) in the form of producing little things such as lace, ganutil, knitted or crotcheted objects, model making, etc …. which could be raffled during certain events where their own relatives would be invited.
timesofmalta.com 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.