Gold-beating. [app. ad. F. caucher in same sense, f. caucher to press down, orig. to tread:—L. calcāre.] A pile of vellum (or parchment paper) leaves, between which laminæ of gold-leaf are placed to be beaten.
1879. Cassell’s Techn. Educ., IV. 172/1.
Cutch, var. of COUCH sb.2 (Triticum repens).
