hutch.
A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
Meaning & usage
A box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
A coop or cage for keeping small animals (rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, etc).
A piece of furniture in which items may be displayed.
A cabinet for storing dishes.
A piece of furniture (cabinet) to be placed on top of a desk.
A measure of two Winchester bushels.
The case of a flour bolt.
A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore.
A baker's kneading-trough.
The pavilion or dressing room.
An embankment built in a river to check erosion caused by running water.
Where this word comes from
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.
To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
To move with a jerk; to hitch.
Where this word comes from
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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