▪ I. † hetch Obs. rare—0.
Also heach, heche.
A shortened form of hetchel, hatchel.
| 1598 Florio, Pettine,..a combe to dresse flaxe or hempe, called a heche, or a hatchell. 1611 Ibid. (ed. 2), Pettine,..a hetch or hatchell to dresse flax. 1611 Cotgr., Seran, a hatchell, or heach; the yron combe whereon flax is dressed. |
▪ II. hetch(e
obs. forms of hatch n.1 and v.1