'Hutch' definitions:

Definition of 'hutch'

(from WordNet)
noun
A cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals
noun
Small crude shelter used as a dwelling [syn: hovel, hut, hutch, shack, shanty]

Definition of 'Hutch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hutch \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]

Definition of 'Hutch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting.] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. [1913 Webster]
  • The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hutch'

From: GCIDE
  • Hutch \Hutch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutching.]
  • 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig. [1913 Webster]