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
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 William Dampier
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
He had also a project for the raising of money to supply his own occasions by the establishment of pantile works, which proved successful.
From An Essay Upon Projects by Daniel Defoe
