\Crotched\ (kr?cht), a.
1. Having a crotch; forked.
2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

\Crotched\, a. (Billiards)
Lying within a crotch; -- said of the object balls in the
three-ball carom game whenever the centers of both lie within
a 41/2-inch square at a corner of the table, in which case
but three counts are allowed unless one or both balls be
forced out of the crotch.