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† ˈtile-sherd Obs. or dial. [f. tile n.1 + sherd, shard; cf. potsherd.] A broken piece or fragment of tile.
1527Luton Trin. Guild (1906) 190 For careeg' of a loode of tyle sherdis to vndre pyn wtall. 1533MS. Rawl. D. 776 lf. 147 b, A loode of Tyle sherdes ffor the levelyng vppe of the vnderpynnyng of the said wharffe. 1616A. Champney Voc. Bps. To Rdr., Little children that build Castles of Tile⁓shards. 1777Howard Prisons Eng. (1780) 369 Some prisoners were employed in beating or pounding tile⁓sherds for the bricklayers. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Tile⁓sherd,..a fragment of a tile, as potsherd of a pot. |