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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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