hutch

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hʌt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ʌtʃ === Noun === hutch (plural hutches) 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. (mining) The case of a flour bolt. (mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. (mining) A jig or trough for ore dressing or washing ore. A baker's kneading-trough. (cricket, slang) The pavilion or dressing room. An embankment built in a river to check erosion caused by running water. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hutch (third-person singular simple present hutches, present participle hutching, simple past and past participle hutched) (transitive) To hoard or lay up, in a chest. (mining, transitive) To wash (ore) in a box or jig. (ambitransitive) To move with a jerk; to hitch. ==== Derived terms ==== hutch up