单词 | untile |
释义 | untilev. transitive. To strip (a roof, etc.) of tiles. (Common c1590–1760.) ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > roof > tile, slate, or shingle > remove untile1467 1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 537 Ye shall haue doubyll cost for to vntylle your howsys ayen. 1536 MS Rawl. D. 780 f. 94 b Rypyng and vntyllyng the Rouffes. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9114 The taburnacle titly vntild was aboue. ?1589 Whip for an Ape sig. A3 Cathedrall Churches he would faine vntile. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §3. 182 Pull down this rafter, cut that beame, vntile the house. 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller i. ii Rough tempests rise, Vntile the roofe, which..Left vnrepaired, the stormy showres beat in. 1690 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 5 [The wind] untiled the tops of most houses more or lesse. 1713 London Gaz. No. 5103/2 The Houses have been..Untiled..by the Wind. 1774 G. White Let. 28 Sept. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 183 I untiled the eaves of an house where many pairs build. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1467 |
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