Dictionary entry

Thatch (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Thatch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Thatched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Thatching.] [From Thatch, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. �eccean to cover.] To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain.