▪ I. thetch dial.
(θɛtʃ)
[A dial. form of fetch = vetch: cf. thane2, and see th (6).]
| 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farm. 50 Waggon Loads of Peas, Thetches, Chaff and other Grain. 1759 in Q. Jrnl. Economics Nov. (1907) 77 To be sowed Wheat as soon as the thetches are tyed off. 1893 Wilts. Gloss., Thetches, Thatches, vetches. Lent thetches are an early spring kind. |
▪ II. thetch(e
obs. variants of thatch.