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Etymology

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

Noun

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hulch (plural hulches)

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

Derived terms

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)