▪ I. † forche, n. Obs.
[a. OF. forche: see fork n.]
1. In pl. Gallows.
| c 1380 Sir Ferumb. 2881 Þan scholtou don þe forchys there..And to-morwe let þes be þar an honge. Ibid. 2970 Þar þat þe fourchys was. 1584 J. Hooker Descr. Excester (1765) 82 He commanded Forches and Gallows to be set up in sundry Places. |
2. Hunting. (See fouch.)
▪ II. forche, a. Her.
(ˈfɔːʃeɪ)
[ad. F. fourchée, fem. of fourché, f. fourche fork.]
(See quot.)
| 1889 Elvin Dict. Her., Forche or Fourchée, divided into two parts towards the extremity. |
▪ III. forche
var. of fourche. v. Obs.