Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - thatch
Thatch
thatch
n. & v. --n. 1 a roof-covering of straw, reeds, palm-leaves, or similar material. 2 colloq. the hair of the head. --v.tr. (also absol.) cover (a roof or a building) with thatch. Derivatives thatcher n. Etymology: n. late collateral form of thack (now dial.) f. OE th{aelig}c, after v. f. OE theccan f. Gmc, assim. to thack
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I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English thecchen, from Old English theccan to cover; akin to Old High German decchen to cover, Latin tegere, Greek stegein to cover, stegos roof, Sanskrit sthagati he covers Date: 14th century to cover with or as if with ~, ~er noun II. noun Date: 14th century 1. a plant material (as straw) used as a sheltering cover especially of a house, a sheltering cover (as a house roof) made of such material, a mat of undecomposed plant material (as grass clippings) accumulated next to the soil in a grassy area (as a lawn), something likened to the ~ of a house ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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