poached

• Rhymes: -əʊtʃt

poached

1. simple past tense and past participle of poach

poached (comparative more poached, superlative most poached)

1. Cooked by poaching.
   • 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps‎:

     Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.

2. Obtained by poaching.

• pochade