pritch
/prɪtʃ/Now rare
noun
A sharp-pointed tool or implement; specifically †(a) English regional ( East Anglian ) a tool for making stake-holes; (also) an eel-spear ( obsolete ); (b) English regional ( west. ) a prop for a cart.Compare prick.
Origin
Old English (in an earlier sense). Variant (with palatalized consonant) of prick.