imbrexn.
/ˈɪmbrɛks/ 1. Archaeology. A curved roof-tile (see quot. 18571).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > curved or hollow
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1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 165 The joints of the flat roof tiles were covered by the imbrex, or rain-tile, which was made semi-cylindrical, the sides generally upright with an arched top.
1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 229.
1888 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. Feb. 193 The absence of ‘imbrices’, which are a necessary adjunct in the formation of a Roman tiled roof.
2. One of the scales or overlapping pieces of an imbrication.
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1890 in Cent. Dict.
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