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thatcher's rake (plural thatcher's rakes)

  1. Synonym of thatch-rake (tool for combing a thatched roof)
    • 1916, Charles Frederick Innocent, The Development of English Building Construction, page 205:
      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.
    • 2007, Basil Oliver, The Cottages of England: Country Homes from the 16th to 18th Century, →ISBN:
      After being thus secured the surface was beaten flat and, in the case of straw thatch was combed down with a thatcher's rake.
    • 2013, Ross King, Ex Libris, →ISBN:
      He exposed a row of teeth that were sharp and gapped like a thatcher's rake.
  2. Synonym of thatch-rake (heraldic device)
    • 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry:
      Argent, three thatchers' rakes barwise sable, are the arms of ZAKESLEY.
    • 1874, John Woody Papworth, Alfred W. Morant, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland, Forming an Extensive Ordinary of British Armorials:
      Sa. three thatcher's rakes in pale arg. SHUNE, Kent
    • 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 488:
      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.