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单词 unthatch
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unthatchv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1b. Compare Old English unþeccan and unthack v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈthatch.
transitive. To strip of thatch.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > roof > thatch > strip of thatch
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1699–1700 Laws Nevis (1740) xxx. §4. 25 That the Constables..may the better know what Houses to unthatch.
1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 104/1 Many peasants were under the necessity of unthatching their houses to maintain their cattle.
1894 Daily News 23 May 6/5 They think the landlords are wrong to unthatch a tenant's house.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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