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 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
The houses have mostly strong walls built with stone and covered with pantile.
From A Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier
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 Henry Chandlee Forman
