单词 | pantile |
释义 | pantilen. 1. a. A roofing tile curved to an ogee shape, one curve being much larger than the other so that the greater part forms a concave channel for the descent of water while the other forms a narrow ridge overlapping the edge of the adjoining tile. Also: a simply curved tile laid so that a convex one overlaps the join of two adjacent concave ones; (occasionally) a flat tile. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > curved or hollow holtile1362 pantile1635 pentile1755 imbrex1857 Spanish tile1913 1635 in L. G. G. Ramsey Antique Eng. Pottery, Porcelain & Glass (1961) 22 Makeinge and Dyeinge of all sortes of Panne Tyles, Stone Juggs, Bottles of all sizes..and other Earthen Comodityes within this our Realme, which nowe are made by Straungers in Forraigne Partes. 1636 W. Westby Brit. Patent 92 (1857) 1 Makeing of pantiles or Flanders tyles, by the way wch hitherto hath not beene done by any in this Kingdome. 1691 N.Y. Gen. Ass. Jrnl. 1 712 All Merchandizes exported, to pay Two per Cent. prime Cost, except Salt, Brick, Pantiles, Coals [etc.]. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4 Pan-Tiles, being about thirteen Inches long, with a Nob or Button to hang on the Laths..The best sort..are called Flemmish Pan-Tiles. 1749 in E. Singleton Social N.Y. 31 Several houses in this town have been tiled with very good pantiles made at Albany, as cheap as they could be had from Holland. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 190 The different sorts of tiles for roofs, are, pan tiles [etc.]. 1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1206. 561 Plain tiles are perfectly flat, while pantiles are curved in form ∼ something after the manner of the letter s. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser.: Slating & Tiling 13 The ordinary pantile..is provided on the underside with a small projection known as a nib. 1956 E. Molloy Builders' & Decorators' Ref. Bk. xvii. 3 The English pantile..is a descendant of the Spanish tile.., also called the over-and-under tile. 1990 Country Living Aug. 74 A shed built by Sam with terracotta pantiles and leaded windows from Suzanne's father's workshop. b. As a mass noun: pantiles collectively, esp. as a material for roofing. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > curved or hollow > collectively holwork1323 pantilea1684 pantiling1825 a1684 R. Pratt Note-bk. in R. T. Gunther Archit. Sir Roger Pratt (1928) 289 A cornice does usually finish the top of the walling, whereupon comes the roof, a very low pitched one, and covered with pan-tyle. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 387 The Houses are large, strongly built, and covered with Pan-tile. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 65 Their Houses are..cover'd with Pantile. 1991 E. Yorks. Village Bk. (BNC) 210 Large prosperous farmsteads of red brick and orange pantile. c. A flat Dutch or Flemish paving tile. Now only in the Pantiles, the name of a street in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, which was formerly paved with these tiles. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for paving or flooring paving tile1325 pantilea1777 floor-tile1894 a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) ii. 48 At Tunbridge..they have the oddest pantile walk. 1784 H. Walpole Brit. Traveller 25 [The shops] are ranged on one side of a walk called the Pantiles, from its pavement. 1805 T. Moore To Lady H. 1 When..Tunbridge saw, upon her Pantiles, The merriest wight of all the kings That ever ruled these gay gallant isles. 1806 Guide to Watering Place 419 The former [sc. Upper Walk] was once paved with pantiles, raised about four steps above the other. 1831 M. Edgeworth Let. 16 Apr. (1971) 525 Yesterday I went to Tunbridge Wells.., saw the Pantiles... The pantiles looked to me wondrous small and narrow and the roof over the row too low. 1907 Daily Chron. 29 Jan. 8/5 It is at the east end of the Pantiles that the original spring,..comes to the surface. 1990 M. Stone & R. Russell Warm Welcomes in Brit. (BNC) 82 Tunbridge Wells, a spa town..with excellent modern shops and some beautiful Georgian architecture, seen particularly in the Pantiles. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > nonconformist conventicle?1550 meeting-place1589 meeting1593 meeting house1632 chapel1662 pantile1714 tabernacle1768 gospel-shop?1782 schism-shop1801 bethel1840 schism-house1843 Ebenezer1849 Bethesda1857 Salem1857 praise house1862 1714 E. Ward Republican Procession (new ed.) 36 Shame on ye all, the factious Scrubs, Ye Son of Pan-tiles, and of Tubs. 1722 E. Ward Wand'ring Spy: Pt. II 17 Neither crafty Jews, or Gentiles, Church-Tories, or the Sons of Pantiles, Can exercise, in trading Cases, More Stratagems, or sly Finesses. 3. slang. A flat cake or biscuit; (Nautical) a hard, flat sea biscuit; hard tack. See also Liverpool pantile n. at Liverpool n. 2c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > biscuit > [noun] > ship's biscuit ship bread1598 bread1625 ship's biscuit1634 pilot bread1788 midshipman's nuts1828 hardtack1830 pilot biscuit1836 pantile1874 Liverpool pantile1899 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 246 Pantile also means a flat cake with jam on it, given to boys at boarding-schools instead of pudding. 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Pantiles, term used to express the hardness of old sea biscuits ground into meal and then re-baked. 1906 Independent (N.Y.) 4 Jan. 28 I..offered him a couple of pan-tiles and a chew of tobacco. 1933 J. Masefield Bird of Dawning 62 You will each have about half of a pantile a day, or a bit more. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 1.) pantile roof, pantile works, etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > roof of other materials leads1578 pantile roof1703 scale-roof1862 lead-flat1875 zinc roof1883 1703 Proclam. 10 Jan. in London Gaz. No. 3879/4 The Brick and Pantile Works near Tilbury Fort. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. I. ii. iv. 176 A long shed, stone walls and pantile roof. 1979 18th-cent. Stud. 12 312 His [sc. Defoe] brick and pantile works near Tilbury in Essex were still centered in the Thames. 2000 M. Fitt But n Ben A-go-go vi. 54 Broon swallaed as Java 5 whirled him owre the reid pantile roofs an lum pots o Malá Strana. ΚΠ 1710 I. Sharpe This is Time 3 He's never seen in a Pantile House, and he scorns to enter a Conventicle. 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. ii. 35 Mr. Tickup's a good Churchman..none of your occasional Cattle, none of your hellish Pantile Crew. 1715 S. Centlivre Gotham Election i. v. 65 I'll have you hang'd for 't, I will, you Pantile Monster. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Pantile house [1796 Pantile Shop], a Presbyterian, or other dissenting meeting house, frequently covered with pantiles. C2. pantile lath n. a stout lath used for supporting pantiles on a roof. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > lath lathc1000 stooth1295 stone-lath1370 straw-laths1391 studc1525 pantile lath1690 reeper1734 tile-laths1844 1690 St. Paul's Cathedral Building Accts. Jan.–Feb. in Wren Soc. (1937) 14 70 12 Doz. Pan Tyle Lathes at 9d per Doz. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 66 A nine Foot Pan~tile-lath. 1873 E. Spon Workshop Receipts 1st Ser. 127/1 Laths called by bricklayers double laths, and the larger ones pan~tile laths. 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