| 单词 | the pantiles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Pantiles 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. < as lemmas |
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