noun
Etymology: contraction of obsolete English picked-hatch, from English picked (II) + hatch (I) ; from the fact that the entrance would usually be guarded by iron pikes
obsolete : brothel
noun
Etymology: contraction of obsolete English picked-hatch, from English picked (II) + hatch (I) ; from the fact that the entrance would usually be guarded by iron pikes
obsolete : brothel
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012