drop crotching

A form of drop crotch — A style of pruning.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of drop crotch
noundrop crotching (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of drop-crotching.

    There is a technique called drop crotching, in which the highest crotch formed by a scaffold branch and the trunk is removed, or dropped, to a lower one. This does not always work.

    1992, Kenneth Druse, The Natural Shade Garden, page 24
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