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单词 plain tile
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plain tilen.

Brit. /ˈpleɪn tʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈpleɪn ˌtaɪl/
Forms: see plain adj.2 and tile n.1; also 1800s plane tile.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: plain adj.2, tile n.1
Etymology: < plain adj.2 + tile n.1Quot. 1399-1400 shows borrowing of the Middle English compound into Anglo-Norman (as indicated by the order of the elements in the compound); compare Middle English roftile roof tile n. in the same quot.
A flat roofing tile.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > flat
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1399–1400 Accts. Merchant Taylors' Co. in Zeitschr. f. französische Sprache u. Lit. (1997) 107 293 Item pur iiijccc de plaintile, dimj C roftile.
1478 Rolls of Parl. VI. 190/1 For every M Pleyn Tile, put to sale.
1482–3 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/496/26) m. 3 Pro..Tegulis vocatis pleyn tile et Gotertile.
1681 Kilburne's Choice Presidents Acts of Parl. (ed. 2) 335 We..assign and depute A. B. of C. and D. E...to search and examine the digging, casting, turning and ordering of Earth for all Plain-tile, Roof-tile, Corner-tile, and Gutter-tile.
1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 8 They use Tile-Pins, which..they drive into holes that are made in the Plain Tiles to hang them upon their Lathing.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 272 Dormar- or Dorman-[tile]..These Tyles consist of a plain Tyle, and a Triangular piece of a plain Tile standing up at right Angles to one side of the plain Tyle.
1724 London Gaz. No. 6251/3 Every Plaintyle is to be 10 Inches and half an Inch in Length, 6 Inches and a Quarter of an Inch in Breadth.
1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Tyle Scallop or astragal Tyles are..like plain tiles, only their lower ends are in form of an astragal.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 554 A row of plain tiles, laid edge to edge, with their broad surfaces parallel to the termination of a wall, so as to project over the wall at right angles to the vertical surface, is called single plain tile creasing.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1016 Plain Tiles, properly Plane Tiles those whose surfaces are planes.
1881 F. Young Every Man his own Mechanic §1206. 561 Plain tiles are perfectly flat, while pantiles are curved in form.
1916 Chambers's Jrnl. July 480/1 A new unit in roofing called a spacer allows of ordinary plain tiles or slates being laid wider apart than usual.
1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) iii. 231/2 Traditional double-lap roof coverings of plain tiles may embody special valley tiles, or, as with slate, may be formed into ‘swept’ or ‘laced’ valleys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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