Certain members of the fish family Cyprinidae, including:
A cockroach.
The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
Sail material that forms a concave curve rather than straight leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area over that of a simple triangular sail.
A haircut or a similar-looking kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America, often red.
A bed or stratum of some mineral.
After long Working of this Coal, it was found upon the rising Grounds, that there lay another Roach of Coal, at the Depth of 14 Yards under it
From Middle English roche, from Old French roche, from Middle Low German roche, ruche (“ray (fish)”), from Old Saxon *rūh, possibly from Proto-Germanic *rūhaz (“rough”). Cognate with Old English ruhha...
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To cut or shave off the mane of a horse so that the remaining hair stands up on the neck.