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culch
or cultch
[ kuhlch ]
noun
- the stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters.
- the spawn of oysters.
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.
culch
/ 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
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of culch1
C17: perhaps ultimately from Old French culche bed, couch
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Example Sentences
A sort of pavement of culch, on the mud of estuaries, for forming a bed for oysters.
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