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drop crotch

verb, adj — 5 senses

drop-crotch

verbalso spelled drop-crotch
1

To prune using the drop-crotch technique.

  • Sometimes restoring a top or drop-crotching or even selectively removing certain branches will achieve the same result that the client had in mind — they may call it topping but in reality what I do is far different.2001, Arborist News - Volumes 10-11:

drop crotch

adj

› Alternative form of drop-crotch.

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:

drop-crotch

adj
1

Being or relating to a style of pruning in which an upper limb is cut back to the next lower lateral.

  • If a drop-crotch cut will remove too much foliage from a limb, the limb either should be removed entirely, or not cut at all.1998, Arborist News, page 11:
2

Being or relating to a style of trousers with extra room in the crotch region, such as in harem pants.

  • I tried on a pair of drop-crotch pants one day because they were trendy and I thought maybe, just maybe, I could rock them.2015, Dina Gachman, Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime, →ISBN, page 148:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for drop-crotch and drop crotch.