hulch

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hulch, from Old English hylċ, related to Old English holc (“hollow, cavity”). Compare holk, hunch.

Noun

hulch (plural hulches)

1. (obsolete) A hunch, hump (on the back).
2. (dialectal) A hook or nook.

Derived terms

• hulch and stulch (“pell-mell, confusedly”)

Related terms

• by hulch and stulch

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hulch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)