[Fictionary] Ballot - hutch-cleading (Vote early, vote often!!!)

Hutch hutchinson.jeff at gmail.com
Fri Dec 3 17:47:05 EST 2010


An interesting mix of definitions as usual.

Use standard 2- and 1-point votes. Imaginary tie-breaker votes will be
accepted, but mostly ignored *G* (unless, of course, a tie needs to be
broken). Poetry and similar responses will be laughed at and shared.
Please vote by about mid-day, Friday, December 10.
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HUTCH-CLEADING - n. - (US military acronym) High Utilization Temporary
Command Headquarters - Combination Leisure/Entertainment And Dining
Installation, Noncontiguous Garrison
“Subsequent to completion of comm facilities and perimeter security
measures, one (1) HUTCH-CLEADING and three (3) AMBI-OCHER units will
be brought in by C-130s on the temporary airstrip prior to the arrival
of the full complement of troops.”

hutch-cleading - n. - The layer of rabbit pellets that accumulates at
the bottom of rabbit hutches
“I really don't want to clean out the hutch-cleading.”

hutch-cleading - n. - A hexagonal crosshatch pattern in textiles (from
ME clead, v. to weave wire)
“I'm looking for a throw with more hutch-cleading, so it matches the couch.”

hutch-cleading - n. - In a rotary aviation engine, the double-walled
sprung bearing chamber providing lubricating oil to the rotating
cylinders.
"Cotton waste should never be employed to wipe down the hutch-cleading
or oil scavenge chamber, as tiny fibers may jam the valve returns. Use
a soft chamois if needed."

hutch-cleading - n. - In mining, the bottom-, side-, and end-boards of
a hutch or mine-car.
“As we descended into the bowels of the earth, the rattle of the
hutch-cleading and the squeak of the hutch's wheels were the only
sounds to be heard.”

hutch-cleading - n. - The call sounded by hunters on the horn when
hunting rabbits which will be taken alive.
“Hardwin led his group one way around the warren; Alfric went the
other. Robert sounded the horn. ‘That's the hutch-cleading, not the
pot-cleading,’ thought Alfric.”

hutch-cleading - n. - A small-holding, with certain requirements.
“The cleading of Meadowsweet Farms came with a 10 percent tithe to the
local parish.”

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BB,
Hutch

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