thatch
noun
Also a material, as straw, rushes, leaves, or the like, used to cover roofs, grain stacks, etc.
had thatched
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past perfectof thatch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Finally, though, we arrived in a village where the houses had thatched roofs and the children spoke only the pre-Hispanic language Ch’ol.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2014
Most of the houses were made of clay and bamboo and had thatched roofs, though some of the newer ones had concrete walls and tin roofs that clinked in the rain.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2005
The oldest houses had thatched roofs caked with moss, while the newer had synthetic tiles and solar panels.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the houses had thatched roofs, and chief among the other dwellings stood the lord’s hall.
From English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
These dwellings are usually holes in the ground, and presumably had thatched roofs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various
