Sentence:  To return to the thatching: Straw is not so durable as one could wish; besides, in very high winds, it is liable, if not "reeded", to be <WSD>ruffed</WSD> a good deal; and the reeding, which is almost like counting the straws one by one, is expensive. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To ruffle; to disorder.