Hutch
Hutch , verb, transitive and intransitive
To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.
The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.
Hutch , noun
[Old English hucche, huche, hoche, French huche, Late Latin 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.
(a) (Mining) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
(b)
(Mining) A jig for washing ore.
Collocations (1)
Bolting hutch or Booby hutch , etc. See under Bolting, etc.
Hutch , transitive verb
1.
To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [Rare]
She hutched the... ore.
2.
(Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.