English Dictionary

thatch-rake

noun

A tool for combing the straw or similar material in a thatched roof straight, consisting of a straight bar with curved teeth or points.

I used a thatch-rake to remove the dead grass from the lawn.

意味（1）

A tool for combing the straw or similar material in a thatched roof straight, consisting of a straight bar with curved teeth or points.

He gripped his thatch-rake and, swinging it, struck at a tree.

意味（2）

(heraldry) A border device consisting of a straight line from which periodically project short perpendicular lines with slightly curved tips.

A. __Puckering, impaling, S. three thatch-rakes