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Definition of Scatches
1. n. pl. Stilts.
Definition of Scatches
1. Noun. (plural of scatch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scatches
1. scatch [n] - See also: scatch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scatches
Literary usage of Scatches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... Sp. escarpa, the slope of a wall or steep front of a fortification. See Scarf.
scatches.— Skates. ... stilts or scatches to go upon.—Cot. ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Cf. Irish igat, a skate. schake, a shank, leg, cognate with E. Shank. Thus scatches
or skates are ' shanks,' contrivances for lengthening the stride ; cf. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"Dirt. SCA'RY. ns Used in some places for barren land, which haa a poor or thin
coat ot grass SCA'RUS. ni [Lat.jA sea-fish. Dp. Taylor. scatches. ii. s. ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... Sp. escarpa, the slope of a wall or steep front of a fortification. See Scarf.
scatches.— Skates. ... stilts or scatches to go upon.—Cot. ..."
5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Cf. Irish igat, a skate. schake, a shank, leg, cognate with E. Shank. Thus scatches
or skates are ' shanks,' contrivances for lengthening the stride ; cf. ..."
6. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from by Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd, Alexander Chalmers (1824)
"Dirt. SCA'RY. ns Used in some places for barren land, which haa a poor or thin
coat ot grass SCA'RUS. ni [Lat.jA sea-fish. Dp. Taylor. scatches. ii. s. ..."
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