unthatch

[ uhn-thach ]

verb (used with object)

Origin of unthatch

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

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The glass in the windows was broken—the roof unthatched—the walls dilapidated.
Jack Sheppard, Vol. III (of III) | W. Harrison Ainsworth
On the approach of a superior force, they unthatched them, to prevent their being burned, and then abandoned them to the foe.
Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3) | Walter Scott
It happened at the end of the hay-harvest, and the two were leaning over a gate discussing the yet unthatched rick.
Scribner's Magazine, Volume 26, July 1899 | Various

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