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hutched

hutched

8.1
Kept in a small cage for animals like rabbits
  • adjective
  • /hʌtʃt/
translation icon : enclaustrado
  • The rabbits were kept in a hutched area behind the barn to protect them from predators.

Examples

  • During the visit, I noticed the hutched chicken coop where the hens were safely enclosed.

  • Better Bedding for Hutched Calves.

    Academic text (1994)

  • "LE POIVROT" - CLOAK ROOM AREA - CONTINUOUS. A hat check girl gapes at Rene's and Maxim's confrontation as they cross her hutched door.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • They designed a hutched display for the small animals, ensuring they had enough space to move around.

Synonyms

cooped up
vshutched
  • Informal
28 5.5

Being kept in a small space makes you restless and unhappy

describes enclosure like a small animal dwelling rather than mere cramped discomfort
boxed in
vshutched
3 6.3

Unable to do things freely because of limits like walls or rules

focuses on being in a small animal-style enclosure rather than a box-like trap
confined
vshutched
3.7

Kept in one small space and unable to leave

refers to enclosure resembling a small animal housing rather than general containment
sequestered
vshutched
7.4

Kept away from other people in a quiet private place

means being in a small animal-style enclosure rather than chosen privacy or separation

How Confined

hutched
8.1
enclosed
1 3.5
free
406 1.0

Surface Forms

hutched positive

Morphology

hutched = hutch (transparent) = hutch + ed

Clearly formed by adding the adjectival/past participle suffix '-ed' to 'hutch', meaning 'enclosed in a hutch'.

Etymology

The word hutched comes from hutch, a small wooden box or cage for animals, like a rabbit's home, and is like a tiny hut for creatures. So, hutched means 'kept in a hutch' or 'enclosed in a small space'.