thatcher's rake

Definitions

1. 1

   Synonym of thatch-rake (“tool for combing a thatched roof”).

   • After the thatch is secured on the roof, it is usual in England to make the surface flat and even by beating and combing. This is generally done with a thatcher's rake.
   • After being thus secured the surface was beaten flat and, in the case of straw thatch was combed down with a thatcher's rake.
   • He exposed a row of teeth that were sharp and gapped like a thatcher's rake.
2. 2

   Synonym of thatch-rake (“heraldic device”).

   • Argent, three thatchers' rakes barwise sable, are the arms of ZAKESLEY.
   • Sa. three thatcher's rakes in pale arg. SHUNE, Kent
   • The thatch-rake or thatcher's rake is drawn as in the margin ; but it is liable to be confused with the wool-comb and thatch-hook.

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