ouche
SayOWCH/aʊtʃ/
Pluralouches
- 1A jeweled pin or clasp used to hold a piece of clothing together.
Like a fancy pin that holds your coat closed.
A golden ouche held the cloak at her shoulder.
With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.
1611, The Holy Bible, King James VersionHere, ouches means clasps or brooches of gold that hold the stones.Note
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Origin
From Middle English ouche. It came from an earlier word nouche, but in phrases like 'a nouche' people re-heard it as 'an ouche'. The word goes back through Old French to a Germanic source.