▪ I. nouch
orig. form of ouch, clasp, and var. of nuche Obs.
▪ II. † nouch Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin.]
A projection or projecting part.
Holme also uses noches in a similar sense (iii. ix. 393/1).
| 1688 Holme Armoury i. 32/1 Imbattleing stands equally proportioned on both sides, with the nouches contrary one to the other: as if they were Strong Staves put throw a peece of Timber. Ibid. iii. xiv. (Roxb.) 8/2 The parts of a Flesh pott... The feet, three nouches on which the pot standeth. |