cultch

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the mass of stones and shells laid down as a bed for young oysters

   Fishermen spread fresh cultch to encourage oyster spat to settle.

Of uncertain origin; an English dialectal term (chiefly from oyster-fishing usage), perhaps a variant of 'culch', itself of obscure derivation possibly related to 'cull'.

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