hutch

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Hutted p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting. ] To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A measure of two Winchester bushels. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) The case of a flour bolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bolting hutch,
Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hutched p. pr. & vb. n. Hutching. ] 1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [ R. ] “She hutched the . . . ore.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) To wash (ore) in a box or jig. [ 1913 Webster ]