hutch

 
Pronunciation: /hʌtʃ/

noun

  • 1a box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals: a rabbit hutch
  • 2North American a storage chest.
  • a cupboard or dresser.

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French huche, from medieval Latin hutica, of unknown origin. The original sense was 'storage chest', surviving in North American usage (hutch (sense 2))