fourché

[ foor-shey ]

/ fʊərˈʃeɪ /

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

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

They are located on the banks of Apple creek and Fourche à Courtois.
Scenes and Adventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Germain thought a minute, then he asked whether the farmer of Ormeaux had not been at Fourche.
The Devil's Pool|George Sand
It's one Léonard, widow of one Guérin, who lives at Fourche.
The Devil's Pool|George Sand
Then when we had gone back of the farm-houses, we crossed a little meadow, and we went to Fourche to find you.
The Devil's Pool|George Sand

A special group of monchiquites rich in deep brown biotite has been called fourchites (after the Fourche Mountains, Arkansas).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various