unˈthatched, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not covered with thatch.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 50 Vnthatched, intectus. 1629 [see untrellised]. 1633 Hall Occas. Medit. 279 An old unthached Cottage. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentiv. & Ur. v. 33 Streight Cottages, unthatch'd above, full of Smoak and Rain within. a 1860 Alb. Smith Med. Student (1861) 58 An unthatched cottage on a common. 1897 Daily News 1 Oct. 2/6 The storm was accompanied by drenching rain, and..a large number of unthatched corn stacks were completely saturated. |