From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcrotchetcrotch‧et /ˈkrɒtʃɪt $ ˈkrɑː-/ noun [countable] APM British English a musical note which continues for a quarter of the length of a semibreve SYN quarter note American English → minim, quaver
Examples from the Corpus
crotchet• Note that only crotchet rhythm is given to the strings. 