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
And among them, like gulls before the wind, blew dollops of spray and chunks of froth, with every now and then a slate or pantile.
From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
In 1705 he was able, to boast that he had reduced his debts in spite of many difficulties from 17,000£. to 5,000£., but these sums included liabilities resulting from the failure of his pantile factory.
From Daniel Defoe by William Minto
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 Henry Chandlee Forman
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