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Stone and timber rooms have thatched roofs, private decks and lush gardens.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2016

The danger of fire makes it inadvisable to have thatched roofs in towns, or even in some villages where the houses are close together, but that does not apply to isolated cottages in the country.

From Vanishing England by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

Many of the barns and outhouses have thatched roofs, which are never seen in any other part of Canada.

From Canada by Bourinot, John George, Sir

If you find that a roof which you have thatched with straw is leaking, there will be threatenings of danger, but by your rightly directed energy they may be averted.

From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman

“We ought to have thatched it,” said Mark.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard