Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A roofing tile with an S-shaped profile, laid so that the down curve of one tile overlaps the up curve of the next one.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ship's biscuit.
- noun A tile with a curved surface, convex or concave with reference to its width.
- noun A form of tile practically combining two of two original form, so shaped that its cross-section is a double curve, and so laid that the part of every tile that is convex upward overlaps the part of the next tile that is concave upward.
- [⟨ pantile, n. Dissenting chapels are said to have been often roofed with Pantiles.] Dissenting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (�).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
interlocking roof tile with arounded under andover , giving it the shape of aelongated S shape.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And among them, like gulls before the wind, blew dollops of spray and chunks of froth, with every now and then a slate or pantile.
Erema Richard Doddridge 2004
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· The choice of screeding machine will also depend on the tile size required, which is basically a choice between the pantile (or Roman tile, depending on the mould) of 50 to 60 cm length, 25 to 29 cm width and 6 mm thickness (requiring 8 to 12 tiles to cover 1 m2), and the larger semisheet, which is 60 x 60 cm and 8 mm thick (requiring 4 elements to cover 1 m2).
Chapter 3 1997
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Two different shapes are common: the Roman tile and the pantile.
3 Materials 1993
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Therefore, in the case of FCR/MCR they are suitable for pantile covers; but not for Roman tiles and not at all for semi-sheet covers.
4. Roof structure 1993
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A four-arm clamp holds together the flat part of the pantile frame.
Chapter 7 1992
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The channel part of the pantile or roman tile thus leaves a gaping hole connecting with the roof structure.
Chapter 7 1992
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The bar is moulded on a pantile after the initial 24-hour curing period.
Chapter 7 1992
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In order to avoid the wind pushing under the roof through these openings, and/or wind suction on the roof, a small bar should be moulded on the uppermost side of the pantile.
Chapter 7 1992
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Ridge tile manufacturing will therefore be described only where it differs from pantile production.
Chapter 7 1992
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The lower edge of the ridge tile rests on the concave part of the pantile.
Chapter 7 1992
knitandpurl commented on the word pantile
"How he hates the suburbs — I can see the distaste etched all over his face. I know what he feels like, how the red brick, the pantiles, the stained-glass fanlights are all bearing down on him — because I felt exactly the same way at his age, as if I was about to be suffocated by the sheer orderliness of all the neat verges and linseed-oiled garage doors."
Psychogeography by Will Self, 154
October 17, 2010
bilby commented on the word pantile
Different reasons, but I'm so with him. Whoever he is.
October 17, 2010