unˈthatch, v.
[un-2 4. Cf. OE. unþeccan and unthack v.]
trans. To strip of thatch.
| 1699–1700 Laws Nevis xxx. §4 (1740) 25 That the Constables..may the better know what Houses to unthatch. 1771 Ann. Reg., Chron. 104/1 Many peasants were under the necessity of unthatching their houses to maintain their cattle. 1894 Daily News 23 May 6/5 They think the landlords are wrong to unthatch a tenant's house. |