Meanings
nountatch (plural tatches)
plural tatches
- obsoleteA trick.
- obsoleteA quality (appearance or feel).
Their grazing feast will haue a wearish tatch
1594, William Percy, Barley-breake (poem)1 more example
he shall prove a noble knight of prowess, as good as any is living, and gentle and courteous, and of good tatches, and passing true of his promise, and never shall outrage.
1906, Thomas Malory and John Rhys, edited by Ernest Rhys, Le Morte d'Arthur
Origin
- Frenchtache“spot”
- Englishtatch
From French tache (“spot”). See techy and tache.
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