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drop crotch

drop crotch adjective: a style of pruning. Also the alternative form of drop-crotch.

Adjective

drop crotch (not comparable)

  1. A style of pruning.
    • When lowering the height of Deciduous trees, especially under utility lines, utilize drop crotch pruning where possible to minimize the likelihood of suckering.1980, Arboriculture Specifications, page 13
  2. A style of trousers.
    • He was a few inches shorter than Alex was and he had the punk rock style written all over him with that leather vest he was wearing and black drop crotch pants he had on.2014, K. Farah, Evasion: A Journey To Remember, →ISBN, page 209

Also used as

drop crotch is also the alternative form of drop-crotch.

Forms of drop crotch

third-person singular presentdrop crotches
present participledrop crotching
past participledrop crotched
pastdrop crotched

Questions about drop crotch

What does drop crotch mean?
Drop crotch means a style of pruning.
What part of speech is drop crotch?
Drop crotch is an adjective.

Words near drop crotch in the dictionary

  1. drop caps
  2. drop ceiling
  3. drop ceilings
  4. drop cloth
  5. drop cloths
  6. drop crotch
  7. drop crotched
  8. drop crotches
  9. drop crotching
  10. drop curtain
  11. drop D

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