rotchet

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒt͡ʃɪt/

rotchet (plural rotchets)

1. A fish, the European red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).

• “rotchet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• rotchi (Jersey)
• rotcher (Guernsey)

From Old Northern French rocquier (compare Old French rochier, modern French rocher).

rotchet m (plural rotchets)

1. (Guernsey) rock