[Car.; cf. Bajan scotch foot-hold (Collymore 96); DJE cotch "cf. OED scotch a block placed under a wheel; to block (a wheel)"] n. a support or prop (e.g. a timber under a sagging house). (Exuma, San Sal.)

—v. usually cotch up to support; to prop up. = CROTCH. CRUTCH (Exuma, San Sal.)