Thatching

Thatch  (thch), Edward

See Edward Teach.

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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.

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[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.]

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thatcher n.

thatchy adj.