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

Its mullioned and diamond-pane windows, its pantile roof, and its porch and porch chamber gave the fabric a strong medieval flavor.

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

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 Defoe, Daniel

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