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Thatch
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What's The Definition Of Thatch?
[n] a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
[n] hair resembling thatched roofing material [n] an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) [n] plant stalks used as roofing material [v] cover with thatch; of roofs Synonyms | Synonyms for Thatch: Blackbeard | Edward Teach | Edward Thatch | Teach | thatched roof Related Terms | Find terms related to Thatch: See Also | buccaneer | coiffure | hair style | hairdo | pirate | roof | roof | roofing material | sea robber | sea rover Thatch In Webster's Dictionary \Thatch\, n. [OE. thak, AS. [thorn][ae]c a roof; akin to
[thorn]eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G.
dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [thorn]ak a roof, Sw. tak,
Dan. tag, Lith. st[=o]gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach,
tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. ?, ?, a
roof, ? to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. {Deck}, {Integument},
{Tile}, {Toga}.]
1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering
the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. (Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of
palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
{Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
\Thatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thatching}.] [From {Thatch}, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. ?eccean to cover.] To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain. |
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