rotchet
English
Noun
rotchet (plural rotchets)
- A fish, the European red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rotchet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Norman
Alternative forms
- rotchi (Jersey)
- rotcher (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old Northern French rocquier (compare Old French rochier, modern French rocher).
Noun
rotchet m (plural rotchets)
- (Guernsey) rock