fourché

or four·chée

[ foor-shey ]

/ fʊərˈʃeɪ /

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adjective Heraldry.

forked or divided into two at the extremity or in extremities: a lion's tail fourché; a cross fourché.

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Origin of fourché

1350–1400; Middle English <French; see fork, -ee

Words nearby fourché

four-banger, four bits, four-by-four, four-by-two, four-channel, fourché, fourchette, four-color, four-color problem, four-colour, four-corners

How to use fourché in a sentence

This singular rock towers above the Belle Fourche River to a height of eight hundred feet.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete|Charles M. Skinner
Sentence pour ung pourceaulz execut par justice, admen en la cense de Clermont, et trangl en une fourche les gibez dAvin.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals|Edmund P. Evans
This was the Fourche; beyond those waters lay the terrible peril of Indian raiders.
Bob Hampton of Placer|Randall Parrish
To his judgment, Murphy would not be likely to ride during the night until after he had crossed the Fourche.
Bob Hampton of Placer|Randall Parrish

You wus a-keepin' yer eyes skinned across the Fourche, and naturally didn't expect no callers from them hills behind.
Bob Hampton of Placer|Randall Parrish