Thatch
Thatch , noun
[Old English thak, Anglo-Saxon þac a roof; akin to þeccean to cover, Dutch dak a roof, dekken to cover, German dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icelandic þak a roof, Swedish tak, Danish tag, Lithuanian stōgas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, Welsh ty, Latin tegere to cover, toga a toga, Greek {not transcribed}, {not transcribed}, a roof, {not transcribed} to cover, Sanskrit sthag. Compare Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga.]
1.
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2.
(Botany) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
Collocations (1)
Thatch sparrow , the house sparrow. [Provincial English]
Thatch , transitive verb
[From Thatch, n.: compare Old English thecchen, Anglo-Saxon {not transcribed}eccean to cover.]
To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.