| 单词 | thack and rape |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthack and rape b. The covering of properly disposed straw with which the sloping top of a stack of corn or hay-rick is thatched. thack and rape (Scottish), this thatching and the straw rope with which it is secured: often used allusively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking stacking1531 mowing1572 ricking1688 thack and rape1787 tippling1803 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 68 An thack and rape secure the toil-won crap. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. x*. 281 He kens..wha feeds him and cleeds him, and keeps a tight thack and rape. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. Gloss. 371 ‘As tight as thack and rape can make it’ is a proverbial phrase, signifying complete security. 1896 Speaker 3 Oct. 353/1 All is secured in the cornyard under ‘thack and raip’. < as lemmas |
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