crotchets

noun

1. 1

   A musical note one beat long in 4/4 time.

2. 2

   A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

3. 3

   A whim or a fancy

4. 4

   A forked support; a crotch.

5. 5

   An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.

6. 6

   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. 7

   A square bracket.