单词 | rethatch |
释义 | rethatchv. transitive. To thatch (a building, etc.) again; to cover with new thatch. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > roof > thatch > rethatch rethatch1825 1825 Times 1 Aug. 2/4 I have seen the buildings that were destroyed by fire, and the reed for rethatching them will cost 68l. 1899 A. Werner Captain of Locusts 180 There was that house spoilt, and her back nearly broken with cutting grass to re-thatch it. 1939 H. J. Massingham Country Relics i. 13 The equipment is the same when a roof is rethatched, except for the addition of a thatching spud still used by the older thatchers. 1976 W. Katiyo Son of Soil ii. 25 He rethatched five of the family's nine huts and also cut down trees and cleared bushes. 2000 Builder & Engineer July 86/4 The south side of the roof and the ridge were then re-thatched using locally grown wheat reed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1825 |
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