# oche

Pronunciation: US say "AH-kee" /ˈɑki/; UK say "O-kee" /ˈɒki/

## Noun

1. The marked line behind which a player's leading foot must stay when throwing a dart.
   - Simple: The line on the floor that a darts player must stand behind when throwing.
   - _She planted her front foot just behind the oche and lined up her shot._
   - _Leaning across the oche as you release the dart is against the rules._

## Origin

Possibly from Middle French oche ("notch"), from Old French ocher or ochier ("to notch"), which, according to Partridge, could be related to French hocher and English nick ("small cut, notch").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/oche (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).