Culch (also cultch) (noun)
khulch
The stones, old shells, etc., forming an oyster bed and furnishing points of attachment for the spawn of oysters. / the spawn of oysters.
First recorded in 1660–70; perhaps metathetic variant of clutch (as in eggs); but note Old French culche couch
Example sentences
“We searched the estuary culch for oysters at the receding tide.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
