Hutch

n. [O. Eng. hucche, Norm. Fr. houche, Fr. huche, Sp. & O. Pg. hucha, O. Fr. huge, L. Lat. hutica, hucha, huchia, Bisc. ucha, cucha. Cf. A-S. huecca, chest, hutch.]

1Sense 1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, or other place in which things may be stored, or animals caught or confined; as, a grain-hutch, a rabbit-hutch, and the like.

2Sense 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.

3Sense 3. (Mining.) A box in which coal is drawn up out of the mine.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. HUTCHED (hŭcht); p. pr. & vb. n. HUTCHING.] To hoard or lay up, as in a chest. Milton.