To impale or pin with a crotchet or hook-like instrument; an archaic term meaning to secure something with a hooked device.
From en- (causative prefix) + crotchet (from Old French crochete, a small hook). The word combines the en- prefix with crotchet to mean using a hook to fasten something.
Encrotchet is a delightfully specific medieval term—imagine smiths and craftspeople using hooked tools to secure armor and mechanisms, speaking of their work as literally 'crotcheting' things into place!
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