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Definition of Thatching
1. n. The act or art of covering buildings with thatch; so as to keep out rain, snow, etc.
Definition of Thatching
1. Noun. Bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of thatch) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thatching
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thatching
Literary usage of Thatching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland by John Walker (1808)
"thatching. The inhabitants of the Western Islands, and indeed over all the
Highlands, are ill instructed and inexpert, in thatching their houses, ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"... made of willow saplings planted in the earth and brought together at the top,
with twigs interwoven and with a thatching of grass and rushes. ..."
3. Note-book Kept by Thomas Lechford, Esq., Lawyer, in Boston, Massachusetts by Thomas Lechford, James Hammond Trumbull (1885)
"... said house wth boards, and shall pay for the thatching of the said house, and
lend the said Samuel Cole a lighter to fetch the thatch for the same. [2s. ..."
4. Life amongst the Indians by George Catlin (1867)
"... a numerous tribe living on the head waters of the Eed Eiver, in western Texas,
build their wig-wams of long prairie grass, by a sort of thatching ..."
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