[krʌtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long stick with a crosspiece at the top, used as a support under the armpit by a person with an injury or disability

- the crotch of the body or a garment
(e.g: the water was up to my crutch)


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Origin:
Old English crycc, cryc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruk and German Krücke