Definition of Thatches

1. Noun. (plural of thatch) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of thatch) ¹

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Definition of Thatches

1. thatch [v] - See also: thatch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thatches

that much
that one
that said
that ship has sailed
that time of the month
that was it
that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger
thataway
thatch
thatch palm
thatch tree
thatched
thatched roof
thatcher
thatchers
thatches (current term)
thatchier
thatchiest
thatching
thatchings
thatchlike
thatcht
thatchy
thatness
thatt
thaught
thaughts
thaumasite
thaumasmus
thaumat-

Literary usage of Thatches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Sea Letters by Mrs. Mary V. Gerhard Woolley, John Granville Woolley (1906)
"Native villages succeed one another as the eye follows the curving beach. Back of the villages, with their enormous thatches of The Rainmaker, ..."

2. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1831)
"... and some others, had committed in his country. and in such cases these cattle live well enough npon the thatches of their houses. ..."

3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Your own ancestral acres! It is really most dreadful. You have absolutely identified the place by your detailed description of the thatches and the drains ..."

4. The General East India Guide and Vade Mecum: For the Public Functionary by John Borthwick Gilchrist (1825)
"... but the chup- pers, or grass-thatches, usually are constructed at full 40°. At the military stations, where grass is invariably used for the covering in ..."

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