Definitions for thatching

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thatching thatch·ing

Spelling: [thach-ing]

IPA: /ˈθætʃ ɪŋ/

Thatching is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 213 anagrams from letters in thatching (acghhintt).

Definitions for thatching

noun

1. thatch (def 1).
2. Also, thatching. a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
3. a covering of such a material.
4. the leaves of various palms that are used for thatching.
5. something resembling thatch on a roof, especially thick hair covering the head:
6. Horticulture. a tightly bound layer of dead grass, including leaves, stems, and roots, that builds up on the soil surface at the base of the living grass of a lawn.

verb (used with object)

1. to cover with or as if with thatch.
2. Horticulture. to remove thatch from (a lawn); dethatch.

Origin of thatching

1350-1400; Middle English thecchyng. See thatch, ing¹

Examples for thatching

In the stack-yard, behind the lengthy range of stables, two men were thatching.

Before the thatching begins, there are laths to put upon the rafters.

In winter such a thatching If covered with snow supplies a warm shelter.

Where's the thatching the thatcher of Thatchwood has thatch'd?

The leaves are used to make baskets and brooms, and for thatching the huts.

thatching is done by piece-work, and paid at so much a "square" of ten by ten feet.

The roof was composed of a sort of thatching made of weeds and moss.

They have a quaint device of thatching in Devon, quoth Jack Straw.

I be a thatcher, and thatching to-the-truth-of-music is about done for.

The leaves are used mainly for thatching, but also for bags, hats, and handicrafts.