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单词 gutter-tile
释义

gutter-tilen.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈgutter-tile.
A tile used in the construction of gutters, or to line the ‘valleys’ of a roof.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for valley
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1477 Act 17 Edw. IV c. 4 Pleintile..thaktile, roftile, ou crestile, cornertile & guttertile.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 92 Puss, wrapt warm in his own native Furs, Dreamt softly of as soft and warm Amours, Of making Galantry in Gutter-tiles.
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4 These Gutter Tiles are in Length Ten Inches and an half.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. ii. 505 Gutter tiles..are now rarely used, their place having been long since supplied by lead.
1860–4 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Gutter tile, besides being applied to the valley tile which has a conical form, this name has been given to Eaves tiles with one end turned up so as to form a trough.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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