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单词 culch
释义

culch

or cultch

[ kuhlch ]
/ kʌltʃ /

noun

the stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters.
the spawn of oysters.
Also sculch, scultch [skuhlch] /skʌltʃ/ .Eastern New England. rubbish; refuse: The attic has been a convenient depository for more than 80 years of culch.

verb (used with object)

to prepare (an oyster bed) with culch.

Origin of culch

First recorded in 1660–70; perhaps metathetic variant of clutch2; but note Old French culche couch

Words nearby culch

cuj., cuke, Cukor, CUL8R, Culbertson, culch, culchie, cul-de-sac, culdocentesis, culdoplasty, culdoscope
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Example sentences from the Web for culch

  • A sort of pavement of culch, on the mud of estuaries, for forming a bed for oysters.

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for culch

culch

cultch

/ (kʌltʃ) /

noun

a mass of broken stones, shells, and gravel that forms the basis of an oyster bed
the oyster spawn attached to such a structure
dialect refuse; rubbish

Word Origin for culch

C17: perhaps ultimately from Old French culche bed, couch
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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