fitch
fitch noun: a polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America. Also the alternative form of vetch.
Noun (1)
fitch (plural fitches)
- A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
- The more beautiful of the two comes from a North American species, the black-footed pole-cat (No. 3), which is creamy yellow, sprinkled with black. Made-up skins of this species are sold as "natural fitch" to distinguish them from those of the common fitch, which are generally dyed. The finest...1914, Herbert Greenhough Smith, The Strand Magazine, page 510
- Not only as it been quite difficult to eliminate the yellow tinge from the dyed fur, but practically every fur dyer has had to admit his inability to make the dyed fitch permanent in color or prevent it from very quickly turning or fading to a sickening shade of red […]1922, American Furrier, page 23
- A skin of a polecat.
- For those who cannot afford the luxury of real fur, the most picturesque and delightful substitute is offered in stoles and muffs made up of plush-pony skin trimmed with a piece of natural fitch set slant-ways across the front of the muff […]1914, Ford Madox Ford, The English Review
Noun (2)
fitch (plural fitches)
- A kind of twisted open weave in wickerwork.
Verb
fitch (third-person singular simple present fitches, present participle fitching, simple past and past participle fitched)
- To use this kind of open weave.
Proper noun capitalized: Fitch
Fitch (countable and uncountable, plural Fitches)
- A surname from Old French.
- An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States.
Also used as
fitch is also the alternative form of vetch.
fitch meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
fitch in Hindi
- फिच, फ़िच
fitch in Tamil
- ஃபிட்ச், ஃபிச், ஃபிட்ச் செய்யுங்கள்
fitch in Marathi
- फिच
fitch in Urdu
- فچ, فیچ
More languagesFewer languages
- fitch in Bengali
- ফিচ, ফিচ্
- fitch in Telugu
- ఫిచ్
- fitch in Malayalam
- ഫിച്ച്, ഫിച്, ഫിച്ചിലേക്ക്
- fitch in Kannada
- ಫಿಚ್
- fitch in Punjabi
- ਫਿੱਚ, ਫਿਚ
- fitch in Gujarati
- ફિચ
- fitch in Odia
- ଫିଚ୍, ଫିଚ
- fitch in Nepali
- फिच
Examples of fitch in a sentence
- Made-up skins of this species are sold as "natural fitch" to distinguish them from those of the common fitch, which are generally dyed.1914, Herbert Greenhough Smith, The Strand Magazine, page 510:
- Putorius eversmanni michnoi Kastsch, Transbaikalian steppe fitch.1936, Journal of Mammalogy, volumes 17-18, page 327:
- Striped fitch has coarser hair and is not so valuable.1948, Kay Hardy, Costume Design:
Forms of fitch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fitches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fitches |
| present participle | fitching |
| past participle | fitched |
| past | fitched |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Fitches |
| alternative form | Fidge |
Origin of fitch
Shortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew.
From fitch due to the similarity to the striped or mottled pattern of polecat fur.
See vetch.
Words formed from fitch
Questions about fitch
- What does fitch mean?
- Fitch means a polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
- What is fitch in Hindi?
- Fitch in Hindi is फिच, फ़िच. See Fitch meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use fitch in a sentence?
- Made-up skins of this species are sold as "natural fitch" to distinguish them from those of the common fitch, which are generally dyed.
- What part of speech is fitch?
- Fitch can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of fitch?
- The plural of fitch is fitches.
Words near fitch in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fitch (page history and authors); Fitch (page history and authors); fitch (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fitch (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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