thatchedadj.
/θatʃt/ a. Covered or roofed with thatch.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof
thatched1467
side?a1475
thacked1530
vaulted1552
shingleda1563
slated1611
unshingled1611
high-pitch1614
slate-pointed1648
killesed1649
hipped1663
pantiledc1672
overpitched1677
underpitched1677
low-pitcheda1684
pitched1773
theeked1792
peaked1797
shingle1810
thackless1810
choppered1818
wagon-headed1823
unlathed1854
break-back1856
shingly1857
saddleback1861
scaled1862
gambrelled1863
thatchy1864
weather-slated1870
thatchless1882
weather-tiled1887
monopitch1941
tile-roofed1962
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > in specific manner > specific
coupledc1384
thatched1467
stone-heled1578
slate-hung1648
slate-roofed1648
raftered1670
rafted1739
stob-thatched1792
reeded1819
hip-roofed1821
wagon-vaulted1835
span-roofed1842
saddle-backed1853
thatchy1864
tortoise-roofed1886
mansarded1890
monopitch1961
skillion-roofed1967
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 372 That no chimneys of tre ner thached houses be suffred wtyn the cyte.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. xciiij The newe Constable..destroyed two or thre..litle poore thetched villages.
c1640 Capt. Underwit i, in A. H. Bullen Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1883) II. 327 Does this thatchd cottage head hold still in fashion?
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 2 Sir, I know the thatcht house very well: I often make it my resting place. View more context for this quotation
1863 M. E. Braddon Aurora Floyd I. i. 1 Road-side inns with brown thatched roofs.
b. figurative. Covered as with thatch (in quot. 1606, with reference to its inflammability). thatched-head, one who has matted hair.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [adjective]
tickle1534
gunpowder1598
agitable1603
activable1606
thatched1606
excitable1609
powdery1611
incensible1614
hot-bloodeda1616
warm-headed1690
combustible1698
fermentable1731
intoxicablea1734
tindery1753
inflammable1800
pattypan1858
gunpowdery1868
gunpowderous1870
erethic1888
arousable1890
hyper1942
the world > life > the body > hair > eyebrow > [adjective]
beetle-browed1362
bresedc1400
well-browed1483
supercilious1656
white-browed1740
plucked1762
supraciliary1821
gathered1823
palpebrous1846
palpebral1854
surciliary1874
thatched1889
bushy-browed1912
unplucked1959
monobrowed1973
1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. sig. E Such sparkes were good enough yet to set thatcht dispositions a fire.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Coxcombe ii. iii, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Nn4v/2 Ere you go, sirrah thatch'd head, would'st not thou be whipt & think it justice?
1889 A. Conan Doyle Micah Clarke xiv. 128 A pair of great thatched eyebrows.
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