zuchehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zuche_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezuche, n.
First published 1921; not fully revised

† zuchenoun

Obsolete.
  1. 1358–1676
    A tree stump.
    1. [1220
      De auxilio faciendo burgensibus Salop. de veteribus zuchis & de mortuo bosco.
      Close Rolls 4 Henry III memb. 10 (1833) vol. I. 418/1]
    2. [1223
      Omnes Zuches aridos qui Anglice vocantur stovenes infra Haiam nostram de Beskewood [now Bestwood].
      Plac. Forest. in Com. Nott. (Cowell 1672)]
    3. 1358
      Dedimus..Ricardo de la Vache Senescallo foreste nostre de Shirewod omnia ligna vocata zouches in Beskwode.
      Patent Roll, 32 Edward III 26 June (P.R.O.: C 66/254) m. 5
    4. 1672
      Zuche, Zucheus, Stips siccus & aridus, A withered or dry stock of Wood.
      T. Manley, Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Bbbb1b
    5. 1676
      Zuche, Stovene, a withered or dry stock of wood.
      E. Coles, English Dictionary

zuche, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zuche, n. was last modified in December 2024.