thatcher's rake

English

Noun

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.