单词 | galley-tile |
释义 | † galley-tilen. Obsolete. A glazed tile used for wall-decoration. Also collective, the material of which these are made. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for walls or decorative wall-tile1358 galley-tile1610 azulejo1845 weather-tile1875 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. ii. 4 Gallie and Thacke Tiles. a1626 F. Bacon Wks. (1857) III. 804 It is to be known of what stuff galletyle is made, and how the colours in it are varied. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 311 The little square Tiles we call Galley-Tiles in England, all made of the finest China. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xv. 240/2 Making Gally paving Tiles, and Vessels for Apothecaries. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. i. 8 The other side is divided into wards, each of which is..neatly lined with gally-tiles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1610 |
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