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Thatch  (thch), Edward
See Edward Teach.

thatch  (thch)
n.
1. Plant stalks or foliage, such as reeds or palm fronds, used for roofing.
2. Something, such as a thick growth of hair on the head, that resembles thatch.
3. Dead turf, as on a lawn.
tr.v. thatched, thatch·ing, thatch·es
To cover with or as if with thatch.

[Middle English thacche, alteration (influenced by thecchen, thacchen, to thatch, from Old English theccan, to cover) of thak, from Old English thæc; see (s)teg- in Indo-European roots.]

thatcher n.
thatchy adj.
Translations
thatched [θætʃt] ADJ thatched cottagecasita f con techo de paja
thatched rooftecho m de paja

thatched [ˈθætʃt] adj [roof] → de chaume
thatched cottage → chaumière f
thatched cottage nchaumière f

thatched
adj ? thatch N a cottagemit Stroh-/Reetdach, stroh-/reetgedeckt; thatched roofStroh-/Reetdach nt; to be thatchedein Stroh-/Reetdach haben, mit Stroh/Reet gedeckt sein

thatched [θætʃt] adj (roof) → di paglia (or frasche); (cottage) → con il tetto di paglia (or frasche)
thatched [θætʃt] adj (roof) → di paglia (or frasche); (cottage) → con il tetto di paglia (or frasche)

thatched مسقوف بالقش doškový stråtækt strohgedeckt αχυρένιος con el tejado de paja olkikattoinen de chaume s krovom od trske di paglia 萱葺き屋根の 초가 지붕의 met dakbedekking tekket kryty strzechą feito de colmo, feito de sapê крытый соломой med halmtak ที่มุงด้วยจาก saz ve saman çatılı có mái tranh 茅草屋顶的


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At intervals we passed a wretched cabin, with a thatched roof, and about it small fields and garden patches in an indifferent state of cultivation.
The horses also had been fed for a fortnight on straw from the thatched roofs and had become terribly thin, though still covered with tufts of felty winter hair.
He had a nest thatched with leaves in the top of a tall tree; and he had a little squirrel wife called Goody.
 
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