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单词 putcher
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putchern.

Brit. /ˈpʌtʃə/, U.S. /ˈpətʃər/
Forms:

α. 1700s– putchen, 1700s– putcheon, 1800s– putchin, 1900s– putchun.

β. 1800s– putcher, 1900s– puttcher.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: putt n.2
Etymology: Apparently related to putt n.2, although the nature of the relationship is unexplained.With the β. forms compare -er suffix1.
English regional (south-west midlands and south-western).
On the river Severn and its tributaries: a funnel-shaped basket or wicker trap for catching salmon or eels.
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1781 T. R. Nash Coll. Hist. Worcestershire I. p. lxxxiii Above Ripple Lock Stake [on the Severn], no net or engine (except putcheons or wheels) to be used in the night.
1796 V. Green Hist. & Antiq. Worcester II. xvii. 15 Many clauses are repealed, by an act passed 1778, respecting the fishing seasons, the nets, wheels, putcheons &c. to be used, and in what parts of the river fishing is allowed.
1841 R. E. Landor Ferryman i. 240 Two krales of fish, and eels in all the putcheons.
1864 B. Lloyd Ladies Polcarrow 17 Every body's troubles is her troubles, from a wracked boat to a broken putcher!
1898 Birmingham Daily Post 16 Dec. 8/6 Heavy catches of eels in ‘putcheons’.
1945 J. Moore Portrait of Elmbury iv. 147 Jim also earned £4 by selling eel-putcheons which he'd made out of withies.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 260 The putcheons are arranged in a stout, permanent framework, forming a ‘barrage’ extending for scores of yards across the Severn grounds.
1997 Independent 17 May (Weekend section) 1 (caption) A fisherman on the River Wye..sets out his ‘putchers’, funnel-shaped baskets, to catch migrating salmon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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