释义 |
plaintile, plain tile|ˈpleɪntaɪl| [f. plain a.1 + tile.] A flat roofing tile.
1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6251/3 Every Plaintyle is to be 10 Inches and half an Inch in Length, 6 Inches and a Quarter of an Inch in Breadth. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 554 A row of plain tiles, laid edge to edge, with their broad surfaces parallel to the termination of a wall, so as to project over the wall at right angles to the vertical surface, is called single plain tile creasing. 1842–76Gwilt Archit. §2282 a, Parapets..finished with double plaintile creesing. Ibid. Gloss., Plain tiles, properly Plane tiles, those whose surfaces are planes. |