Crossword clues for pantile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pantile \Pan"tile`\, n. [5th pan + tile.] (Arch.) A roofing tile, of peculiar form, having a transverse section resembling an elongated S laid on its side (?).
Wiktionary
n. A type of interlocking roof tile with a rounded under and over, giving it an elongated S shape.
WordNet
n. a roofing tile with a S-shape; laid so that curves overlap
Wikipedia
A pantile is a type of fired roof tile, normally made from clay. It is S-shaped in appearance and is single lap, meaning that the end of the tile laps only the course immediately below. Flat tiles normally lap two courses.
A pantile-covered roof is considerably lighter than a flat-tiled equivalent and can be laid to a lower pitch.
Pantiles are used in eastern coastal parts of England and Scotland including Norfolk, east central Scotland, the Lothians and Fife, where they were first imported from Holland in the early 17th century. They are rarely used in western England, except in the Somerset town of Bridgwater.
Roofing pantiles are not to be confused with a type used for paving, after which the Georgian colonnade in Tunbridge Wells is named. Whilst called pantiles, the paving tiles which were installed there in 1699 were one-inch-thick square tiles made from heavy wealden clay, so named because they were shaped in a wooden pan before firing. The pantile paving in Tunbridge Wells was replaced with stone flag tiles in 1792.
Usage examples of "pantile".
Winnery Nook School was a relatively modern building in honey-coloured brick with an orange pantile roof and large picture windows.
Through the car window the honey-coloured brick building with its orange pantile roof and large picture windows now appeared strangely silent and prison-like in the early evening.
American cities, is of brick, like the old pantile walk at Tunbridge Wells.
Beggars, dwarfs and mutants clawing from cages suspended from pantile roofs, or from grilles set into the runneled paving, grasping at legs or loose drapes of clothing in the names of charity, Zoroaster, ThaI, Guatama, the Crize, or the 15 mercies and 305 sub-mercies of penance.
The entire structure had been roofed in pantile that would have once been a terracotta red.
The magic of Pantiles disappeared for me that autumn and the woods held only malice.
Instead of taking on his birthright and his place at Pantiles, he had decided to go into business.
She must have known that Pantiles was having a ball and thought you would be ideal!
If they could get that past my razor-sharp consciousness you can see why it never crossed my mind until now to ask why we moved to the Pantiles estate.
Amazingly, the village of Pantiles has managed to remain completely unaltered.
Returning to Pantiles, whatever that means to me, must have had a beneficial effect.
Hopefully there will be a similar system in effect at Pantiles as I lack both wellies and any outdoor clothes.
I had actually forgotten that Dom was coming with me to Pantiles next week to help with all the work.
Rationing is obviously still in effect at Pantiles because after my first cup I am firmly told by Mrs Delaney that that is my lot.
On Wednesday night I pack my bags and make my way out of London in my new Smart car to stay with Aunt Winnie before continuing my journey to Pantiles the following day.