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roached

/ rəʊtʃt /

adjective

  1. arched convexly, as the back of certain breeds of dog, such as the whippet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roached1

C19: from roach ³ or roach (vb) to cut (a sail) into a roach
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Example Sentences

If he gets it roached up on both sides that will make me look like a horizontal-bar performer, which is his idea of manly beauty.

How did you teach Brother Bear to keep his hair roached and parted?

Bill roached it up with a turn of the forefinger, 148 using the back of it, which was rough, like a corn-cob.

If roached in back, poor eyes, weak in hind quarters or off in tail, say so.

Roached back and parted nearer the middle, the wound would be obscured.

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