fecche

Middle English

fecche

Alternative forms

facche, ficche, fiche, fecch, vech, vetche, fetche

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French veche, from Latin vicia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛtʃ(ə)/, /ˈfitʃ(ə)/, /ˈfatʃ(ə)/, /ˈvɛtʃ(ə)/

Noun

fecche (plural fecches)

Vetch or tare; a member of the genus Vicia.
The seed of vetch, especially referring to something worthless.
A small ball of similar proportion to a vetch seed.

Descendants

English: vetch, fitch
Scots: fitch

References

“fecche (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-25.

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