thatching rake

plural thatching rakes

1. Synonym of thatch rake.

   Thatching rakes with knifelike blades instead of teeth are useful for small lawns.

   1994, Cathy Haas, Janet Goldenberg, Michael MacCaskey, All about Lawns, page 77

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   Thatching rakes have knifelike blades instead of tines. They're commonly used to pull the thatch up from lawns.

   1981, Organic Gardening - Volume 28, Issues 1-4, page 78

   Outside the Home Depot store, a green and fuschia sea of little boxes of geraniums, impatiens, and pansies are surrounded by garden tools — manure forks, grass edgers, cultivators, and thatching rakes.

   2005, Robert Spector, Category Killers, →ISBN

   Synonyms: thatch rake