unthatch

[ uhn-thach ]

verb (used with object)

1. to remove or throw off the thatch from:

   to unthatch a roof.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unthatch¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; un- ² + thatch

Example Sentences

His staff beside him was brash with rot; The weed grew rank in his unthatch'd cot: "Syne gloaming yestreen, my shepherd kind, What hath happ'd this cot we ruin'd find?"

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