zuche, n.

zuche
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zuchenoun

## Earlier version

- zuche in OED Second Edition (1989)

## In other dictionaries

- zǒuche, n. in Middle English Dictionary

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zuche mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zuche. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the late 1600s.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zuche come from?

Earliest known use

Middle English

The earliest known use of the noun zuche is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).

OED's earliest evidence for zuche is from 1358, in Patent Roll, 32 Edward III.

zuche is apparently a borrowing from French.

Etymons: French çoche.

### Nearby entries

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2. zoysia, n. 1965–
3. ZPG, n. 1970–
4. Zr, n. 1814–
5. zubr, n. 1763–
6. zubrowka, n. 1916–
7. zucarine, adj. a1425
8. zucca, n. 1818–
9. zucchetto, n. 1853–
10. zucchini, n. 1916–
11. zuche, n.1358–1676
12. Zuckerkandl, n. 1910–
13. zufolo, n. 1724–
14. zug, n. 1899–
15. zugtrompete, n. 1978–
16. Zugunruhe, n. 1950–
17. Zugzwang, n. 1904–
18. zule | zulis, n. 1780–
19. Zulu, n. & adj. 1824–
20. Zulu, v. 1882–
21. Zuludom, n. 1867–

## Etymology

### Summary

Apparently a borrowing from French.
Etymon: French çoche.
apparently Anglo-Norman form of Old French çoche /tsɔtʃə/ , modern French souche, Norman-Picard chouque (whence diminutive chouquet): of unknown origin. Not known in real English use as an ordinary noun…
apparently Anglo-Norman form of Old French çoche /tsɔtʃə/ , modern French souche, Norman-Picard chouque (whence diminutive chouquet): of unknown origin. Not known in real English use as an ordinary noun; survives in the town-name of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Leicestershire).

## Meaning & use

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
   plants
   1. more Old English–
      Originally: an edible root, as a carrot or parsnip. Later gen.: the root of a tree or plant; the fibrous roots of a tap root, etc. Also: tree…
   2. stock Old English–
      A tree-trunk deprived of its branches; the lower part of a tree-trunk left standing, a stump. Obsolete or archaic.
   3. stub Old English–
      A stump of a tree or, more rarely, of a shrub or smaller plant; the portion left fixed in the ground when a tree has been felled; also, †a trunk…
   4. zuche 1358–1676
      A tree stump.
   5. stump c1440–
      The portion of the trunk of a felled tree that remains fixed in the ground; also, a standing tree-trunk from which the upper part and the branches…
   6. scrag 1567–
      A stump of a tree; also, a rough projection (on a pole, trunk, or stump of a tree, rock, etc.).
   7. stool 1577–
      The stump of a tree which has been felled; also the head of the stump, from which new shoots are produced.
   8. brock 1772–
      (See quot. 1772.)
   9. stow 1774–
      The stump of a tree or shrub.
   10. hagsnar 1796–
       The stock or stump of a tree, bush, etc., which has been felled, cut, or coppiced; the stool of a coppiced tree; cf. hag, n.² II.5, snar, n. 2.
   11. stab 1807–
       A stump.
   12. spronk 1838–75
       English regional (south-eastern). The root or stump of something, as a tree or a tooth.
   13. tree stool 1898–
       The stump of a fallen tree as preserved in a peatbog.
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zuche, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zuche, n. was last modified in December 2024.