Definition of "thatches" [thatches]

• Plural form of thatch. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thatch. (verb)

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• "Thick impenetrable thatches and fallen trees and briars."
• "When we came, past the hoiau "(temple)," to where the Great Kamehameha used to haul out his brigs and schooners, I saw, under the canoe-sheds, that the mat-thatches of Kahekili's great double canoe had been taken off, and that even then, at low tide, many men were launching it down across the sand into the water."
• "And there's clearly no shortage of bike co-op members willing to expose their pubic thatches, either."