Hutch /(?)/
Hutch
v. t. & i.
imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting
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To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.
The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.
Hutch
n.
- A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
- A measure of two Winchester bushels.
- 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)
Phrases & Compounds
- Bolting hutch
- See under Bolting, etc.
Hutch
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Hutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutching
- To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.]
- To wash (ore) in a box or jig. (Mining)