linch

== English == === Alternative forms === lynch === Etymology === From Middle English linche, link, from Old English hlinċ (“a hill”). Possible doublet of lynch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lɪnt͡ʃ/, /lɪnʃ/ Rhymes: -ɪntʃ, -ɪnʃ === Noun === linch (plural linches) A ledge, a terrace; a right-angled projection; a lynchet. (rare, regional or obsolete) An acclivity; a small hill or hillock. 15th century, anonymous, Mum and the Sothsegger (15th c.) I lay down on a linch to lithe my bones. ==== Derived terms ==== linchy ==== Related terms ==== lince lynchet === References === “linch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “link, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. Wright, Joseph (1902), The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 3, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 610