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(British, dialectal, obsolete) In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid..
A narrow eaves-board being nailed across the feet of the spars, and some fleaking scattered on, the thatcher begins to “set his caves,” by laying a coat of reed[…]
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Fleaking means (British, dialectal, obsolete) In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid..
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A narrow eaves-board being nailed across the feet of the spars, and some fleaking scattered on, the thatcher begins to “set his caves,” by laying a coat of reed[…]
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