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roached en · ADJ

Etymology

From the noun roach (“curve, edge of a sail”).

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable) Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.
  2. (broadly, not-comparable) Of hair: cut or styled in such a way that it stands straight up.
    • Riley Caldwell, the young printer, rushed past her out of the shop, his roached hair like an Algonquin's standing high above his narrow forehead, 1921, George Washington Ogden, Trail's End:
    • Andrew Jackson, with that long head of his and that unroached forelock, looked a good deal like a neglected horse in the face. 1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post:

Deriveds

unroached

roached en · VERB

Etymology

From the noun roach (“curve, edge of a sail”).

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of roach
    form of roach