hutch

hutch
/huch/, n.
1. a pen or enclosed coop for small animals: rabbit hutch.
2. a chest, cupboard, bin, etc., for storage.
3. any of various chestlike cabinets, raised on legs and having doors or drawers in front, sometimes with open shelves above.
4. a small cottage, hut, or cabin.
5. a baker's kneading trough.
[1275-1325; ME hucche, var. of whucce, OE hwicce chest; not akin to OF huge, huche (ch form appar. by contamination with English word)]
Syn. 1. cage, enclosure, cote.

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