noun
- a service or facility where coats, hats, and other outerwear are left temporarily for safekeeping, typically in a restaurant, theater, or nightclub
- a ticket or token given to a customer as proof of deposit when leaving an item at a hatcheck
- a person employed to manage a hatcheck service
verb
- to leave (a coat, hat, or other item) at a hatcheck service
Examples
- We left our coats at the hatcheck before entering the restaurant.
- The hatcheck attendant handed me a numbered ticket for my jacket.
- Don't forget to pick up your coat from the hatcheck before you leave.
- She worked as a hatcheck girl at the upscale hotel.
- I'll hatcheck my coat so I don't have to carry it around all evening.