[f. THATCH v. (q.v. for Forms) + -ER1.] One who thatches; esp. one whose business it is to thatch houses, corn or hay ricks, etc.

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c. 1440.  Jacob’s Well, 40. Alle men of crafte, as wryȝtes, smythes,… baxterys, thaccherys, cordewanerys … owyn to payin þe tythe.

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1562–3.  Act 5 Eliz., c. 4 § 30. Tharte or Occupation of a … Thatcher or Shingler.

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1641.  Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 145. A thatcher hath usually two folkes to waite on, viz. one to drawe out the thatch and make it into bottles, and the other to make morter and serve him.

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1879.  Jefferies, Wild Life in S. Co., 123. The wind never blew that was strong enough to please the thatcher.

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  So † Thatchester (thachester), in same sense.

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1583–4.  Shuttleworths’ Acc. (Chetham Soc.), 18. Vnto a thachester for thachinge … towe dayes and a halffe xijd.

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