Made of arrow-grass canes, bilāu, placed horizontally two or three together, on top of and near the top edge of a thatch row, and tied securely to two or three cane purlins, ībat, clamping the thatch row.
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For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to clamp thatch (loc ref -on) with a thatch clamp (theme i-), as described above.
panīpit; manīpit
For someone (agent) to use arrow-grass canes (inst paN-) for clamping thatch, as described above.