fitch

== English == === Etymology 1 === Shortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew. ==== Noun ==== fitch (plural fitches) A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America. A skin of a polecat. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From fitch due to the similarity to the striped or mottled texture of polecat fur. ==== Noun ==== fitch (plural fitches) A kind of twisted open weave in wickerwork. ==== Verb ==== fitch (third-person singular simple present fitches, present participle fitching, simple past and past participle fitched) To use this kind of open weave. === Etymology 3 === See vetch. ==== Noun ==== fitch (plural fitches) (obsolete) Alternative form of vetch. === References === “fitch”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.