pantile

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A quiet, steep lane leads down through fishermen's cottages with their orange pantile roofs to a waterside hotel and the sea.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

It was then clad in black weather boarding and a pantile roof, connecting it with traditional Suffolk architecture.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2023

It was pieced together by Mr. John T. Zaharov, and is the first pantile ever found in the United States.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee

The houses of the town are 2 or 3 stories high, the walls thick and strong, being built with stone, with a covering of pantile; and many of them have balconies.

From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William

The roof once carried the medieval "pantile," which is an "S"-shaped clay tile about thirteen inches long, with a nob at one end to catch on to the roofing strips.

From Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century by Forman, Henry Chandlee