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Hutch
Definitions
- 1 A male given name.
- 2 A surname.
- 1 A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
- 2 small crude shelter used as a dwelling wordnet
- 3 A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
"“No place for rabbits now, but I could easy build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.”"
- 4 a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals wordnet
- 5 A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
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- 6 A cabinet for storing dishes.
- 7 A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
- 8 A measure of two Winchester bushels.
- 9 The case of a flour bolt.
- 10 A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
- 11 A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
- 12 A baker's kneading-trough.
- 13 The pavilion or dressing room. slang
- 14 An embankment built in a river to check erosion caused by running water.
"There were deep pools in the river, known as hutch pools because they are formed by hutches - breakwaters - built out from the bank."
- 1 To hoard or lay up, in a chest. transitive
"She hutched the all-worshipt ore."
- 2 To wash (ore) in a box or jig. transitive
- 3 To move with a jerk; to hitch. ambitransitive
"And the mind was very disinclined to hutch out of the crevice and face what must be done. […] He hauled himself out of the crevice and the air was warm so that he undressed to trousers and sweater. […] He hutched himself back against a rock with his legs sprawled apart."
Etymology
From Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of whucce, from Old English hwiċe, hwiċċe (“box, chest”). Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin hūtica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjō, *hudjǭ (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English hȳdan (“to conceal; hide”). More at hide, hut. (cricket pavilion or dressing room): An extension of the rabbit metaphor.
From Middle English hucche (“storage chest”), variation of whucce, from Old English hwiċe, hwiċċe (“box, chest”). Spelling influenced by Old French huche (“chest”), from Medieval Latin hūtica, from a different Germanic root, from Frankish *hutta, from Proto-Germanic *hudjō, *hudjǭ (“box, hut, hutch”). Akin to Old English hȳdan (“to conceal; hide”). More at hide, hut. (cricket pavilion or dressing room): An extension of the rabbit metaphor.
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