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Thatching

Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of the vegetation stays dry and is densely packed—trapping air—thatching also functions as insulation. It is a very old…

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Thatching

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Further reading · 19
Thatching → An Illustrated History, Ancient, Chapter, Cox, Devon, Devon Books, Devon Thatch, Eurwyn, Historical Monuments, ISBN, Jo, John, Roofs, Royal Commission, Thatched Buildings, The Welsh Cottage, Thorp, Tiverton, Wales
related to Material · 16
Thatching → Almost, April Bearded, England, Good, Increasing, Medieval, N59, Over, Rampton Rivet, Since, Southern England, Squareheads Master, Technological, The, Traditionally, Victor
related to Disadvantages · 15
Thatching → Because, Birds, Globe, Globe Theatre, Globe's, In, June, London, Museum, New, Rose Theatre, Thatched, The, The Globe Theatre, UK
related to External links · 14
Thatching → Asturias, Battley Brothers Limited, Devon Archived, Devon County Council, Europa, Green Broom, Iceland, Research Award, Spain, Thatch, The Thatcher's Craft, UK, Wayback Machine, West Europe
see also · 13
Thatching → Auvers, Cahir, Cahir Thatched, Dethatcher, Devon, England, Five Senses, House, Ireland, Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands Covering, Vernacular, Withy
related to Archaeology · 12
Thatching → Britain, Historic Scotland, In, Killin, Moirlanich Longhouse, More, National Trust, Pitlochry, Scotland, Some, Sunnybrae Cottage, UK
related to Maintenance in temperate climates · 11
Thatching → It, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Moss, Thatch, Thatched, The, The Thatcher's Craft, UK, Wikisource-logo
related to history · 7
Thatching → Cordyline, Europe, Hawaiian, Heteropogon, In, Pandanus, There
is a · 1
Thatching → craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw

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thatch roof thatched roofs used straw materials also material water reed england uk palm many buildings usually vegetation europe evidence

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Thatchingis acraft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw0.90text
strawinstance ofThatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation0.80text
water reedinstance ofThatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation0.80text
sedgeinstance ofThatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation0.80text
water reedinstance ofSugar cane leaf roofs are used in Kikuyu tribal homes in Kenya.Wild vegetation0.80text
Squareheads Masterinstance ofvarieties of wheat0.80text
Thatchingrelated to ArchaeologySome0.60section
Thatchingrelated to ArchaeologyUK0.60section
Thatchingrelated to ArchaeologyIn0.60section
Thatchingrelated to ArchaeologyBritain0.60section
Thatchingrelated to ArchaeologyHistoric Scotland0.60section
Thatchingrelated to ArchaeologyMore0.60section

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