I. ˈhəch noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English hucche, huche, from Old French huche
1.
a. : a chest or compartment for storage : bin , locker
b. : a low cupboard with doors usually surmounted by two open shelves
2.
a. : a pen or coop for an animal : cage
provided a hutch for them in the garden — T.E.Donne
b. : a cageful of animals
kept … a hutch or two of hare — Joyce Warren
3. : a cramped or flimsy shelter for a man : shack , shanty
4.
a. : a car on low wheels in which coal is drawn and hoisted out of a mine pit
b.
(1) : the bottom compartment of an ore-dressing jig
(2) : the mineral product that collects there
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
1. archaic : to put away or store in a hutch : hoard
2. : to wash (ore) in a box or jig
III. adjective
Etymology: perhaps alteration of hulch
obsolete : humped