roof tilen.

Brit.

/ˈruːf tʌɪl/,

/ˈrʊf tʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈruf ˌtaɪl/,

/ˈrʊf ˌtaɪl/

Forms: see roof n. and tile n.¹; also early Old English hroftigum (dative plural, transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roof n., tile n.¹

Etymology: < roof n. + tile n.¹

A tile used as a roofing material, a roofing tile; = tile n.¹ 1a (also in non-count use); (esp. in early use also) tiling for covering the top ridge of a roof; a ridge tiling. Also figurative and in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge

roof tileeOE

rig-tile1327

ridge tile1382

crest1430

crest-tile1477

rigging stone1573

crease1703

ridgetop1761

ridge tiling1795

crown tile1823

comb1824

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing

tilea725

thack-tilec725

long twelve1688

roof tile1936

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 241 Imbricibus, hroftigelum.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 138 Tegulae, Imbrices, Lateres uel laterculi , hroftigla.

1361–2 in K. C. Newton Thaxted in 14th Cent. (1960) 71 (MED) [In 130] Roftyl [&] Cornertyl [bought for the same 6 s. 8 d.].

1382 in V. Harding & L. Wright London Bridge: Sel. Accts. (1995) 22 [Paid for 15] roftyles.

1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 157 (MED) Item, for dj quarteron of rooff till, ix d.

1471–3 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 236 (MED) Pro c de roftyle ap opus manerii, 3 s.

1546 in J. M. Cowper Accts. Churchwardens St. Dunstan's, Canterbury (?1886) 68 For playne tylle, iiij s. viij d.; for rwffe tylle, xj d.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Enfestau, or festiére, a roofe tile.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faistiere, a ridge-tyle, Creast-tile, Roofe-tile.

1673 J. Moore tr. T. Moretti Treat. Artillery iv. iv. 69 A Cartridge-Ladle of wood, made in form of a Roof-Tile of a great house.

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4 Roof Tiles..are laid upon the..ridge of the Roof.

1793 J. Woodforde Diary 3 Mar. (1929) IV. 12 It blowed off many Tiles from the old part of the House, some Roof Tiles.

1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 19 July 48/2 Look grimly on the streets, On roof-tiles where a parching sunshine beats.

1898 J. G. Frazer tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 257 A roof-tile..is inscribed with the name Antoninus.

1936 Discovery May 142/2 The dangerous sprinkling of snow over the ‘roof tile’ slabs [of Mount Everest].

1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk i. i. 11 The house was its old self even to the last brick, the last roof-tile.

1957 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 65 239/1 The deeply trenched roof-tile shapes of figure 8 and the delicate fern-frond pattern..shown in figure 9 are two of several different shapes exposed in a single quarry of that area.

1988 J. Brodsky To Urania 13 Below, haystacks, pastures, a glade of roof tiles, colonnades, brick, cast-iron; and—proud in his boots—a by-blow of the state.

2007 Independent 6 Dec. 38/5 Each is single storey and topped with grey roof-tiles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roof tile
释义	roof tilen. Brit. /ˈruːf tʌɪl/, /ˈrʊf tʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈruf ˌtaɪl/, /ˈrʊf ˌtaɪl/ Forms: see roof n. and tile n.¹; also early Old English hroftigum (dative plural, transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: roof n., tile n.¹ Etymology: < roof n. + tile n.¹ A tile used as a roofing material, a roofing tile; = tile n.¹ 1a (also in non-count use); (esp. in early use also) tiling for covering the top ridge of a roof; a ridge tiling. Also figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge roof tileeOE rig-tile1327 ridge tile1382 crest1430 crest-tile1477 rigging stone1573 crease1703 ridgetop1761 ridge tiling1795 crown tile1823 comb1824 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing tilea725 thack-tilec725 long twelve1688 roof tile1936 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 241 Imbricibus, hroftigelum. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 138 Tegulae, Imbrices, Lateres uel laterculi , hroftigla. 1361–2 in K. C. Newton Thaxted in 14th Cent. (1960) 71 (MED) [In 130] Roftyl [&] Cornertyl [bought for the same 6 s. 8 d.]. 1382 in V. Harding & L. Wright London Bridge: Sel. Accts. (1995) 22 [Paid for 15] roftyles. 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 157 (MED) Item, for dj quarteron of rooff till, ix d. 1471–3 in C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley (1925) I. 236 (MED) Pro c de roftyle ap opus manerii, 3 s. 1546 in J. M. Cowper Accts. Churchwardens St. Dunstan's, Canterbury (?1886) 68 For playne tylle, iiij s. viij d.; for rwffe tylle, xj d. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Enfestau, or festiére, a roofe tile. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Faistiere, a ridge-tyle, Creast-tile, Roofe-tile. 1673 J. Moore tr. T. Moretti Treat. Artillery iv. iv. 69 A Cartridge-Ladle of wood, made in form of a Roof-Tile of a great house. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4 Roof Tiles..are laid upon the..ridge of the Roof. 1793 J. Woodforde Diary 3 Mar. (1929) IV. 12 It blowed off many Tiles from the old part of the House, some Roof Tiles. 1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 19 July 48/2 Look grimly on the streets, On roof-tiles where a parching sunshine beats. 1898 J. G. Frazer tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 257 A roof-tile..is inscribed with the name Antoninus. 1936 Discovery May 142/2 The dangerous sprinkling of snow over the ‘roof tile’ slabs [of Mount Everest]. 1940 ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk i. i. 11 The house was its old self even to the last brick, the last roof-tile. 1957 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 65 239/1 The deeply trenched roof-tile shapes of figure 8 and the delicate fern-frond pattern..shown in figure 9 are two of several different shapes exposed in a single quarry of that area. 1988 J. Brodsky To Urania 13 Below, haystacks, pastures, a glade of roof tiles, colonnades, brick, cast-iron; and—proud in his boots—a by-blow of the state. 2007 Independent 6 Dec. 38/5 Each is single storey and topped with grey roof-tiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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