thatched - Definition from the CONSTRUCTION topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: CONSTRUCTION

Language:	Old English
Origin:	theccan 'to cover'

thatched
adjective

thatched

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TBC a thatched roof is made with dried straw, reeds, leaves etc:

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a thatched cottage (=one with a thatched roof)

—thatch verb [intransitive and transitive]

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