OriginShortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew.
- A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
“The more beautiful of the two comes from a North American species, the black-footed pole-cat (No. 3), which is creamy yellow, sprinkled with black. Made-up skins of this species are sold as "natural f”
“Not only as it been quite difficult to eliminate the yellow tinge from the dyed fur, but practically every fur dyer has had to admit his inability to make the dyed fitch permanent in color or prevent ”
“Putorius eversmanni michnoi Kastsch, Transbaikalian steppe fitch. No specimens were collected by the Expedition, but a single skull of an adult male was received from a Russian trapper who secured it ”
- A skin of a polecat.
“For those who cannot afford the luxury of real fur, the most picturesque and delightful substitute is offered in stoles and muffs made up of plush-pony skin trimmed with a piece of natural fitch set s”
- A kind of twisted open weave in wickerwork.
- To use this kind of open weave.
- countable, uncountableA surname from Old French.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
Formsfitches(plural) · fitches(present, singular, third-person) · fitching(participle, present) · fitched(participle, past) · fitched(past) · Fitches(plural) · Fidge(alternative)