ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thatch-rake

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Thatch-rake is a noun meaning A tool for combing the straw or similar material in a thatched roof straight, consisting of a straight bar with curved teeth or points.

Meaning

A tool for combing the straw or similar material in a thatched roof straight, consisting of a straight bar with curved teeth or points.

More Meanings

  1. (heraldry) A representation of such a rake, used as a charge on the field or as a bordure device consisting of a straight line from which periodically project short perpendicular lines with slightly curved tips.

Example Sentences

A. __Puckering, impaling, S. three thatch-rakes
See Plate XLVI. fig. 10, viz. three thatch-rakes, barwise.
He gripped his thatch-rake and, swinging it, struck at a tree.
The thatch-rake or thatcher's rake is drawn as in the margin; but it is liable to be confused with the wool-comb and thatch-hook.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rake, thatch, thrawcrook, raker, thatching, reed.

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