cultch

noun or culch \\ˈkəlch\ (-es)

Etymology: perhaps from a French dialect form of French couche couch, bed, from Old French culche, couche — more at couch

1.

a. : material (as oyster shells) laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points of attachment for the spat; also : similar material provided for any other shellfish

b. : a horny or gelatinous egg mass of a mollusk

2. chiefly New England : trash, rubbish

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/kulch/, n., v.t.

culch.

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cultch «kuhlch», noun.

1. the stones, old shells, or other material laid down in an oyster bed, to which the young oysters attach themselves.

2. the spawn or young of oysters. Also, culch.

╂[perhaps < Old French culche bed, layer, couch]

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[kəlch]

(also culch) n. the mass of stones, broken shells, and grit of which an oyster bed is formed

Origin:

mid 17th cent.: of unknown origin

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cultch

var. of culch.