Crutch
[krʌtʃ]
Definition
(noun.) anything that serves as an expedient; 'he uses drugs as a psychological crutch'.
(noun.) a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking.
Checked by Aubrey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.
(n.) A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.
(n.) A knee, or piece of knee timber
(n.) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.
(v. t.) To support on crutches; to prop up.
Editor: Upton
Definition
n. a staff with a cross-piece at the head to place under the arm of a lame person: any support like a crutch.—v.t. to support: to prop.—v.i. to go on crutches.—adj. Crutched marked by the sign of or wearing a cross.—n.pl. Crutched′-frī′ars an order of friars so called from the sign of the cross which they wore—Crouched- or Crossed-friars.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you go on crutches, denotes that you will depend largely on others for your support and advancement. To see others on crutches, denotes unsatisfactory results from labors.
Checker: Williams
Examples
- Or I could turn you a rare handle for that crutch-stick, if it belongs to him you call your father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Never till I'm stiff and old and have to use a crutch. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She bent her head down, and laid it on the top of her crutch. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is a mixture of hop-scotch and shuffleboard played with a crutch. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The brisk little crutch-stick was but too brisk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If wounded, the surgeon dresses his mangled limb with rubber bandages, and when he gets well he has a rubber cushion on the end of his crutch, or on the foot of his artificial leg. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- You must have heard tell, when you were here last, sir, of Limping Lucy--a lame girl with a crutch. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In her other hand she had a crutch-headed stick on which she leaned, and she looked like the Witch of the place. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The young cripple rose and limped towards the fire; he had left his crutch near the mantelpiece. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He laid his crutch on the floor, bent down his head, and wept. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He snatched his crutch, and started up to go. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Satisfied that her dwelling was safe, she drew one hand through the old man's arm and prepared to ply her crutch-stick with the other. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She poised herself on her sound foot, and she took her crutch, and beat it furiously three times on the ground. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Here is the portfolio, said Henry, bringing it in one hand and leaning on his crutch with the other. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Compliments, on leaving England,' the lady and gentleman walked away quite deliberately, and Miss Jenny and her crutch-stick went up stairs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Perfectly cured he certainly was not, for he supported himself forward on crutches to give evidence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At the door of the hospital the porter came out to help with the crutches. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Then afterward you can be on crutches. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- If there be any man of letters, art, or science among these little dealers, how noble in him to support the feeble sisters on such majestic crutches! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I had been on crutches since the time of my fall in New Orleans, and had to be carried over places where it was not safe to cross on horseback. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Both are tall fellows with whiskers, Fred handsome in the English style, and Frank much better, for he only limps slightly, and uses no crutches. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- For two or three days after I was unable to walk except with crutches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There is an immensity of promenading, on crutches and off, with sticks and without, and a great deal of conversation, and liveliness, and pleasantry. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Matt