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Sentence Examples Rain seeped through the thatch and dripped into cups, bowls, kettles, and buckets in no less than a dozen places. The walls will last indefinitely, but the thatch will have to be replaced in about 30 years. High on the roof of the store, weaving a string of Norfolk reeds into the thatch, Billy Betsford looked down at the old man. It was a nice one, made from strong wood and thatch, sturdy enough to withstand an Avalon hurricane, even with its second story. Scarifying is done in autumn to remove debris and to prevent the build-up of thatch. Our cowshed has seen some repairs, the thatch is re-laid annually and old worm-infested wooden poles and frames are replaced. But I could not find woven coconut fronds in enough numbers for the thatch of the theatre. I am afraid I do not follow the reasoning as wheat straw thatch has been a common roof covering for hundreds of years. Using a technique developed by Wiltshire Fire Brigade, the firefighters cut a number of breaks in the thatch to contain the blaze. The thatch is still damp from the rains, but we shall watch it for a while, in case it hides a spark. They contain microorganisms that help to decompose any layers of thatch present. He had pulled up outside to take a call on his mobile phone, and seen the smoke and flames in the thatch. They cut two metres of thatch from around the chimney and used a stirrup pump to dowse the smouldering straw. The same soothing mix of wood, cane, cotton, and thatch prevails in the resort's beachfront courtyard. We left a tract home on the edge of the prairie for a brick duplex, with a thatch roof and a tulip garden, on a cobblestone street. Instead of ridge planting she has inserted the glazed top light and surrounded it with planters buried in the thatch. What's more, it's not just presidents, but presidential candidates who seem to retain a bit of thatch on top. The hair was forced into a frazzled haystack, with a little thatch combed over until your barnet billowed in frozen masses around your face. He was smooth and rosy-skinned, cherubic-faced, with a thatch of curly yellow hair, but his body was as hugely thewed as a Hercules. However, if the lawn has a thick layer of thatch, grass clippings won't decompose as efficiently. Show More Sentences Rake to maintain a clean lawn, doing an especially thorough job at the end of the growing season to reduce thatch. Rent a power rake and coring machine to remove thatch and improve air and water circulation around roots of Bermuda grass. If conditions are dry enough, lawns will benefit from a good raking to remove debris, thatch and moss. When thatch gets too thick it prevents water and nutrients from penetrating to the soil and grass roots. It's amazing how much thatch you can rake out of a lawn if you do it every two or three years. Aerate lawns at least once a season to help prevent the build-up of thatch. All grass forms a layer of dead plant material, known as thatch, between the grass blades and the soil. Besides raking leaves up, you want to rake deep into the soil to remove thatch. Inorganic chemical fertilizers encourage the accumulation of thatch in the top layer of the soil. Use a rake to remove winter debris, break up small amounts of thatch and lift the grass leaves and weed stems. He was a jovial-looking man with a broad smile, playful hazel eyes and a thatch of silver hair. At 50, Sachs has a boyish thatch of brown hair and an expression of implacable earnestness. They are made of wood or bamboo, often with walls of bamboo matting, and roofs of thatch or corrugated tin. Bryony sighed as she hauled a bunch of thatch from the lower beams of the roof and began to spread the bundles across the upper framework. On top of this, they demonstrate just how clean and genuinely cosy homes built of stone, lime, mud and thatch can be. The camp includes a group of tents, a temple, tin-roofed sheds and small temporary houses made of reclaimed timber and coconut thatch. In the north, houses are rectangular and made from wooden planks or palm thatch. Until the 1970s, houses throughout the group were open rectangular structures supported by pandanus posts and roofed with pandanus thatch. Lines of postholes on the axis of each building held wooden posts supporting a pitched roof, most probably of thatch. In 1956, he married and built a two-storey house with heavy thatch on the roof. Show More Sentences Opposite the entrance, across the courtyard, is a roughly circular room, which may have had a conical roof of turf or thatch. Traditional building materials of mud and thatch are being replaced by cement and tiles. In the south, which is warmer, most country folk live in houses made of straw, thatch, or palm leaves. Huts are either circular or oblong with wattle walls, plastered outside and inside with mud, and roofed with thatch. Some were roofed with lead sheets, and some with thatch, and some with a mixture of both. Although a reed roof can last a lifetime, the ridges of the thatch need to be replaced every 10 years. Underneath the thatch it was a roaring blaze but on top it was smouldering. But it's OK, they passed special rules to let us have thatch in the original style, so long as we put the sprinklers in. Our cowshed has seen some repairs, the thatch is re-laid annually and old worm-infested wooden pole and frames are replaced. The first series focused on informal economic activity covering animal husbandry, agronomy, wild fruits, thatch, art, curios and crafts. A wizened man in white shirt and white tucked-up dhoti, with a dark green headcloth, put thatch on the roof of the beachside pavilion. They supplied their own thatch from barley grown on the island and the thatcher would stay on the island till the job was done. This would give a warm, dry and snug shelter for the pigs or poultry which some people would thatch using reeds or perhaps ling. Just after the war I learned to thatch corn stacks using reeds with long stems. Cabinet door panels of translucent resin from 3form contain reedlike thatch for an organic look. But the flames quickly spread along the underside of the thatch and in less than two hours the whole building was gutted. The collection of artefacts on display and their notable lineage contribute to this, but so does the setting, thatch and all. Pesticides may adsorb onto plant materials such as litter in no-till or minimum-till fields, the bark of trees, or thatch in turf. Their thatch roofs start with a log frame, followed by thin bamboo, leaves, and, finally, grass. Houses in villages are commonly rectangular, and are dried mud, bamboo, or red brick structures with thatch roofs. Show More Sentences In addition to compiling information on fertilizer rates, the group has discussed aerification, thatch removal and topdressing practices. Most warm-season grasses develop thatch, a spongelike layer of roots, runners, and grass blades just above the soil surface. Rent a power rake to cut through heavy thatch and runners of grasses such as Bermudagrass. The hotel is a low-level haven decorated with nets, bamboo, shells and thatch, where canvas sails serve as elegant sun-screens. The timbers are jungle jackfruit, the lashings are coir rope, the walls are bamboo matting and roofs are local thatch. The youngster let out a yelp and clutched at the crown of his thatch of tangled, sandy hair. Saprophytic parasitic fungal pathogens like fairy ring survive primarily on dead organic residues found in thatch. They put up temporary housing made out of mud, out of bamboo, out of thatch, out of tarpaulin, out of corrugated steel. In spring, you may also want to give it a scarification to get the thatch out of the roots. A few houses of local materials, with pandanus thatch sides and thatched roofs, still exist. The local silver thatch palm, traditionally used for roofing, was supplanted by corrugated tin. Equally valid is exploitation of renewable resources, for example, of grass for grazing, papyrus for thatch, or wood for charcoal. On a dry day, scarify the lawn to remove unwanted thatch and then aerate and top-dress any badly drained areas. If dethatching is required, use an iron rake or a thatch rake to cut through and rake off thatch, and to scarify the surface. The roof is constructed of wood, but has a thick thatch as well for insulation. Over the eight-foot security fence we see a man fixing the thatch on a new hut in an adjacent field. He clears out the silt and mud that are clogging the rivers and dykes, and cuts and scythes the reeds and sedge that threaten to reclaim the broads, selling them for thatch. Most of the homes of poor rural people are made of local materials, with floors of packed earth, walls of adobe or wattle and daub, and roofs of clay tiles or thatch. Every house in the sample is painted with some kind of hooded portico over the front door, most often simulating thatch, and all except one have latticed windows. Ideally, thatch roofing and other combustibles were removed. Show More Sentences He's tanned, fit and blessed, with a full thatch of light-brown hair. Grasses, for example, produce an insulative thatch that reduces the average temperature and the magnitude of temperature fluctuations in surface mineral soils. It is a good idea to scarify the lawn and remove any thatch, as it restricts air movement, impedes drainage and encourages the formation of moss and weeds. It's a good time to scarify lawns and remove the dead grass called thatch. After the lawn is mended, it can be scarified to remove debris and thatch, which is a layer of material that builds up on the surface of the soil. Beneath the thatch we squat in the dust, clink our bottles and drink. The downpour continued all night, but nary a drop violated my palm thatch. I needn't tell you what would happen if the thatch had caught fire. Before long, mass-produced and processed building materials, such as Bedfordshire brick and Welsh slate, began to displace local stones and thatch. Each lodge has luxury en suite accommodation in tents the size of bungalows, built on stilts under a roof of thatch, surrounded by an elephant-proof stockade. Roofing materials were thatch, turf, timber, tiles, slates, and lead. At a time when fire-fighting equipment was virtually non-existent and buildings constructed of timber and thatch, town fires were a constant hazard. In small towns and villages, new houses tend to be built from concrete blocks with metal roofs, but many are constructed from mud bricks and roofed with thatch. These buildings could be substantial, consisting normally of a low wall of stone with a roof of thatch, skins, or other organic material supported by timbers. He's tanned, fit, and blessed with a full thatch of light-brown hair. He is a somewhat shambling but attractive denim-clad man in his late 50s, with a thatch of pewter-coloured hair, an engaging smile and a permanently amused gaze. He's got a thatch of floppy brown hair that gives him a certain boyish look, but he's gray at the temples, and there are little fans of wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. It was then that he noticed a thatch of blonde hair behind the couch. I gave his thick thatch of apparently genuine hair a tug to make sure. Aerate in the fall to help break up compacted soil and remove excess thatch, allowing fertilizer nutrients, sunlight and air to infiltrate the soil. Show More Sentences Vehicles are still unusual, but homes now are made of brick and wood and have metal roofs instead of thatch. Remove a core of soil from the lawn with a trowel or shovel and measure the depth of the thatch, which is the layer of dead grass above the soil line. Left unmanaged, thatch can lead to serious maintenance and pest problems. One of the reasons you have fairy ring is because you have thatch. If your lawn feels soft and spongy, chances are you've got thatch. The route skirts the Folk Museum for a free peek at the ye-olde shops, the heather thatch and the splendid cruck style manor house that was reassembled here. The crew was greeted by the sight of smoke pouring through the thatch and through the windows at the back of the pub they could see flames in one of the upstairs rooms. Other uses were as packing material for products such as earthenware, as a fuel, as a form of thatch. Roofing materials varied, with thatch being the most common, though turf and even wooden shingles were also used. Building with wood and roofing with thatch had been prohibited for centuries, but these cheap materials continued to be used. In some regions, people use sugarcane reeds to make pens, mats, screens, and thatch. Ordinary people lived in houses made of reeds plastered with mud and roofed with thatch. By the Late Preclassic period, their walls were of stone, and the development of the corbel arch allowed stone roofs to replace thatch. It is believed that they would have had a conical roof, supported by timbers and covered in turf or thatch. This was only possible because coal, coke, imported cotton, brick and slate had replaced wood, charcoal, flax, peat and thatch. Early Medieval architecture's secular buildings were simple constructions mainly using timber with thatch for roofing. Like wood and thatch, adobe was used throughout Maya history, even after the development of masonry structures. Experts no longer recommend covering thatch with wire netting, as this slows evaporation and reduces longevity. In areas where palms are abundant, palm leaves are used to thatch walls and roofs. We ate lunch in the shade under the thatch of a beachfront restaurant. Show More Sentences Another tool for small areas is called a cavex rake, or thatch rake. These hand tools are fine for a small plot. Thatching was so common that theik, thak or thatch became a generic term for the application of any roofing material. The industrial wind machines weren't to contain his infamous combover thatch, however. Use a wide bamboo or metal leaf rake to gather up all the thatch ripped out by the verticutter. Before seeding a large area, use a power rake or dethatcher to thin grass and remove thatch. Near the schoolhouse was a tholtan, a tiny, half-ruined cottage with sagging thatch and the door off its hinges. A stiff lawn rake can also work if the thatch layer is one-half to one inch thick. Anything more than this, get a thatch rake. In some equatorial countries, thatch is the prevalent local material for roofs, and often walls. Thatching rakes have knifelike blades instead of tines. They're commonly used to pull the thatch up from lawns. After being thus secured the surface was beaten flat and, in the case of straw thatch was combed down with a thatcher's rake. The superstructure of such a house would have been made of timber and thatch. Matters were worsened because most buildings were chiefly made of wood and covered with thatch. Throughout Maya history, common huts and some temples continued to be built from wooden poles and thatch. On some islands housing continues to be built with local materials including coconut thatch. A later bishop, Eadbert removed the thatch and covered both walls and roof in lead. The rest of the Fenland was dedicated to pastoral farming, fishing, fowling and the harvesting of reeds or sedge for thatch. Because thatch is lighter, less timber is required in the roof that supports it. Thatch is also a natural insulator, and air pockets within straw thatch insulate a building in both warm and cold weather. On new buildings, a solid fire retardant barrier over the rafters can make the thatch sacrificial in case of fire. Workmen should never use open flame near thatch, and nothing should be burnt that could fly up the chimney and ignite the surface of the thatch. Show More Sentences Sparks from paper or burned rubbish can ignite dry thatch on the surface around a chimney. The thickness of a layer of thatch decreases over time as the surface gradually turns to compost and is blown off the roof by wind and rain. When he was coming into the bawn at dinner-time, what work did he find Jack at but pulling armfuls of the thatch off the roof, and peeping into the holes he was making? The dethatcher has blades that cut perpendicular to the lawn, thereby removing the dead debris called thatch, which can easily build up in a lawn. He thrust out through the thatch, and that became woundsome to them. Use a thatch rake that has specially designed blades instead of normal tines. You'll need some elbow grease to work the rake into the lawn and remove the thatch. They can be covered with thatch, or kept within a protective structure. Overhead was a thatch of buraos, and over these again palms brandished their bright fans, as I have seen a conjurer make himself a halo out of naked swords. The Great Fire of London in 1666 had nothing to do with thatch. Gradually, thatch became a mark of poverty, and the number of thatched properties gradually declined, as did the number of professional thatchers. A stiff lawn rake can also work if the thatch layer is one-half to one inch thick. Anything more than this, get a thatch rake. Or rent a power rake or vertical mower. After the thatch is secured on the roof, it is usual in England to make the surface flat and even by beating and combing. This is generally done with a thatcher's rake. The Sunday Times said the president's Nkandla homestead had been given R64m upgrade that included six new double-storey thatch rondavels for his wives and family. This can easily be done without stripping thatch over the entire roof. This can be avoided by ensuring that the chimney is in good condition, which may involve stripping thatch immediately surrounding the chimney to the full depth of the stack. While you can remove thatch from small areas with a metal garden rake or hand cultivator, you ought to rent a dethatcher for working over large areas of grass. He then retrieved a metal thatch rake and used it to tamp down the ashes. Examples from Classical Literature Reeds make a strong thatch, but are not easily to be procured, except in fenny districts. Here was a Roman basilican church, while in another place would be found one of timber and thatch. Botfield Hall was a large, half-timbered farmhouse, with a gabled roof, part of which was made of thatch and the rest of tiles. Their houses are built of timber and thatch, or clay tiles, except in the karst region, where stone is more plentiful than wood. This shaven crown will speedily thatch itself again, a beard grow upon these shaveling cheeks. He's taken the pike with him that lay in the thatch over our bed this year and more. It was a low house, with smooth grey thatch and buff walls, looking pleasant and mellow in the evening light. Bulrush and cattail might prevent establishment of these other species in the cienega due to deep thatch and dense roots. It took a long while, for the thatch was thick, but at last I was nearly through it. But as he looked at the thatch, he saw that he could tear it out any time if he wanted to get away, and that the window had no fastenings. Here, under her few square yards of thatch, she watched winds, and snows, and rains, gorgeous sunsets, and successive moons at their full. I knew what to do with his tatters, but that crimson thatch dumfounded me. Henry has often been on the thatch of the barn and never got hurt. I've seen them set fire to the thatch of the widow and childless. The same, the very same it is, save that the thatch has been renewed! The frame, we know, was of timber, and the roof248 of thatch. Ropes were flung over the thatch to keep the roof on in wind. The building is constructed of bamboo with a nipa thatch roof. See, little one, here are four annas to spend in sweetmeats because thou hast a little head under that great thatch of hair. The girl's face flamed an angry red under her crimpled thatch of hair. Show More Sentences Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair. The firelight flickered on the hewn logs that supported the thatch overhead. Always used of the gable loft, you know, and the wind above the thatch. The walls are upright poles and the roof is a palm leaf thatch. When they had passed the little town of Stourcastle, dumbly somnolent under its thick brown thatch, they reached higher ground. The houses of these people are composed of wickerwork and thatch. Findlay's adaptation of and enlargement upon the idea splits the denseness of the thatch with light and at the same time eliminates possible waterlogging in a damp climate. With a lunatic scream, he sprang to his feet and rushed inside the house as if forsooth its grass thatch could protect his head from such huge projectiles. Find more words! 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