Thesaurus: hutch

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1. v. t. & i. To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
4. n. The case of a flour bolt.
5. n. A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit.
6. n. A jig for washing ore.
7. v. t. To hoard or lay up, in a chest.
8. v. t. To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
9. n. a cage (usually made of wood and wire mesh) for small animals
10. n. small crude shelter used as a dwelling
11. To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving. 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. 2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. 3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt. 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. Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc. 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." Milton. 2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
12. To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winterquarters.The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving.