thatchyadj.
Abounding in thatch; like thatch. Also in combinations.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof
thatched1467
side?a1475
thacked1530
vaulted1552
shingleda1563
slated1611
unshingled1611
high-pitch1614
slate-pointed1648
killesed1649
hipped1663
pantiledc1672
overpitched1677
underpitched1677
low-pitcheda1684
pitched1773
theeked1792
peaked1797
shingle1810
thackless1810
choppered1818
wagon-headed1823
unlathed1854
break-back1856
shingly1857
saddleback1861
scaled1862
gambrelled1863
thatchy1864
weather-slated1870
thatchless1882
weather-tiled1887
monopitch1941
tile-roofed1962
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > in specific manner > specific
coupledc1384
thatched1467
stone-heled1578
slate-hung1648
slate-roofed1648
raftered1670
rafted1739
stob-thatched1792
reeded1819
hip-roofed1821
wagon-vaulted1835
span-roofed1842
saddle-backed1853
thatchy1864
tortoise-roofed1886
mansarded1890
monopitch1961
skillion-roofed1967
the world > space > shape > other specific shapes > [adjective] > like (a) feather(s) > like thatch (of feathers)
thatchy1952
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xii. 179 Thatchy Trautenau, wooden too in the upper stories of it, takes greedily to the fire.
1944 E. Blunden Cricket Country v. 61 The sweetest of hamlets and thatchiest of little old inns.
1952 L. MacNeice Ten Burnt Offerings 30 Like a sick bird..Its thatchy feathers moulting.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 28 The flooded quarries and logged-off hillsides they'd left..across all that thatchy-brown, moldering witch-country.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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