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thatched, thatcht, ppl. a.|θætʃt|
[f. thatch v. (q.v. for Forms) + -ed1.]
Covered or roofed with thatch.
1467in Eng. Gilds (1870) 372 That no chimneys of tre ner thached houses be suffred wtyn the cyte. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI 94 The newe Constable..destroyed two or thre..litle poore thetched villages. c1640[Shirley] Capt. Underwit i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1883) II. 327 Does this thatchd cottage head hold still in fashion? 1653Walton Angler i. 2 Sir, I know the thatcht house very well: I often make it my resting place. 1867M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd Road-side inns with brown thatched roofs.
b. fig. Covered as with thatch (in quot. 1606, with reference to its inflammability). thatched-head, one who has matted hair.
1606Sir G. Goosecappe iii. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1884) III. 44 Such sparkes were good enough yet to set thacht dispositions a fire. 1613Beaumont & Fl. Coxcomb ii. iii, Ere you go, Sirrah Thatch'd Head! wouldst not thou be whipt, and think it justice? 1889Doyle Micah Clarke 128 A pair of great thatched eyebrows. |