Dictionary definition: thatching

Article: Thatch roof fire destroys luxury bush lodge.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  August 19, 2008 ;     395 words ... ... Mercury the fire was totally under control and no guests were injured in the blaze. Describing the scene, Brearley said the thatch roof had collapsed inside the wall structure of the hotel's main building, which also housed the bar, kitchen and a variety ...

Article: Fire crews tackle thatch roof blaze.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 30, 2007 ;     291 words ...A THATCH roof on fire took eight crews from across Warwickshire to bring under control. Fire crews from Shipston, Chipping Norton and Stratford ...

Article: Laotians thatch roof to buffer conference venue ...
AP Worldstream;  July 24, 2005 ;     354 words ...AP Worldstream 07-24-2005 Dateline: VIENTIANE, Laos Planners in impoverished Laos needed a fix for the cacophony of rain pelting the metal roof of their conference venue. They resorted to the ancient art of grass thatching. The building in the Laotian capital looks like a converted airplane hanger

Article: Garden views. (thatch-roof cottage in southwest ...
Country Living;  May 1, 1998 ;     579 words ...A young couple uses nature's colors and materials to revitalize a thatched-roof cottage and the land that surrounds it The first time floral designer Marcel Wolterinck and his wife, Anja, saw this 1920s brick cottage in southwest Holland, they fell in love with its traditional thatched roof, breezy

Article: Club in appeal to repair thatch roof ; With its ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 17, 2009 ;     554 words ...With its stunning sea views and 19th century pavilion, Sidmouth Cricket Club is the first-choice location for hundreds of touring sides. World-class batsman Viv Richards and Sir Jack Hobbs have played there and it boasts the formation of Somerset County Cricket Club among its achievements. Now

Article: PEGGY, 79, KILLED BY HER THATCH ROOF IN BLAZE; ...
The Mirror (London, England);  February 5, 2004 ;     528 words ...Byline: DECLAN FAHY and DECLAN VARLEY AN elderly woman was killed yesterday when her thatched cottage's roof collapsed in flames. Family members watched in horror as Peggy Gill, 79, was trapped by the blaze ripping through their home. Her husband Christopher, twin sister Betty and daughter Amanda

Article: CHARLIE - the giant goat
The Weekly Gleaner;  January 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... textbook. It was a small house with a thatch roof that looked like an Arawak hut. Biggs ... I asked him about the house with the thatch roof. "Yes man. My family control that ... I asked him about the house. THE THATCH ROOF "Oh yes man. That house has been there ...