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.
verb (used with object)
to prepare (an oyster bed) with culch.
Origin of culch
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British Dictionary definitions for culch
culch
cultch
/ (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
Origin of culch
1C17: perhaps ultimately from Old French culche bed, couch
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