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Cutch vs Culch - What's the difference?

cutch | culch |

As nouns the difference between cutch and culch

is that cutch is a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail while culch is the rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves.

As a verb culch is

to prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments.

cutch

English

Noun

(-)
  • (nautical) a preservative, made from catechu gum boiled in water, used to prolong the life of a sail

    • culch

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sculch, scultch, kulch, cultch

    Noun

    (-)
  • The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves.
  • (figuratively, US, New England) To accumulate small household items of little value.

    • Verb

  • To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments.