ppl. a. [f. CROUCH v.1 + -ED.] Bowed, bent together.
1848. J. A. Carlyle, trans. Dante’s Inferno, XIV. Sitting all crouched up.
1866. Kingsley, Herew., I. xix. 362. The Lady Godiva sat crouched together.
Crouched, earlier form of CRUTCHED (Friars).
