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thatching
thatch T0143600 (thăch)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.]
thatch′er n.thatch′y adj.thatching (ˈθætʃɪŋ) n1. (Building) the skill or activity of making roofs from straw or reeds2. (Building) straw or reeds used to make a roofTranslationsEncyclopediaSeethatch |