Crutch: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…

A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.

A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece run…

A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer…

The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the sh…

The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.

A shoulder ornament or badge worn by military and naval officers, differences of rank being marked by some peculiar form or device, as…

The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.

A name popularly given to any flag which hangs from a crosspiece or frame instead of from the staff or the mast itself.

Suitable for walking; -- said of the limbs of an animal when adapted for walking on land.

The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung across the shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.