hutch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hutch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for hutch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hutch n a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals small crude shelter used as a dwelling Synonym(s): hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hutch \Hutch\, n. [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.] 1. 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. 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. 3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt. 4. (Mining) (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore. {Bolting hutch}, {Booby hutch}, etc. See under {Bolting}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hutched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hutching}.] 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] [bd]She hutched the . . . ore.[b8] --Milton. 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hutted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hutting}.] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. --W. Irving.